Inadequate Analgesia in Emergency Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 494-503

  Rupp, Timothy ^a,b   Delaney, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; APNEA; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842476921     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.11.019     Document Type: Review

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