How to implement an acute pain service

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 527-547

  Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acute pain; Acute pain service; Chronic post operative pain; Epidural analgesia; Non steroidal anti infammatory drugs; Opioids; Paracetamol; Patient controlled analgesia; Post operative comlications; Post operative pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; KETOBEMIDONE; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PROPACETAMOL; ROFECOXIB; TENOXICAM;

ALLODYNIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTENSION; LEG DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAUSEA; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036976733     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0259     Document Type: Article

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