Hitting them where it hurts? Low dose nalbuphine therapy

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 565-570

  Woollard, Malcolm ^a   Jones, Tim ^b   Pitt, Karen ^b   Vetter, Norman ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICES NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NALBUPHINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0036848568     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.565     Document Type: Article

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