Painful discrimination: The differential use of analgesia in isolated lower limb injuries

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 502-505

  Kozlowski, Mark J ^a   Wiater, Joseph G ^a   Pasqual, Rebecca G ^a   Compton, Scott ^a   Swor, Robert A ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Human; Pain management; Pain etiology therapy; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036795539     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.34965     Document Type: Article

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