The efficacy and safety of pain management before and after implementation of hospital-wide pain management standards: Is patient safety compromised by treatment based solely on numerical pain ratings?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 474-480

  Vila Jr , Hector ^a   Smith, Robert A ^b   Augustyniak, Michael J ^b   Nagi, Peter A ^b   Soto, Roy G ^b   Ross, Thomas W ^b   Cantor, Alan B ^b   Strickland, Jennifer M ^b   Miguel, Rafael V ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 22944460189     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000155970.45321.A8     Document Type: Article

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