Pre-operative information and patient-controlled analgesia: Much ado about nothing

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 354-358

  Chumbley, G M ^a   Ward, L ^b   Hall, G M ^c   Salmon, P ^d  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BUPA Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia, patient controlled; Pain, postoperative; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRURITUS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANXIETY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1842833468     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03661.x     Document Type: Article

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