Medication trends and documentation of pain management following surgery

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-94

  Manias, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Documentation audit; Medication audit; Opioid analgesics; Pain management; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; COCODAMOL; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KIDNEY SURGERY; LEISURE; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037354933     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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