Acute pain and narcotic use does not impair the ability to provide informed consent: Evaluation of a competency assessment tool in the acute pain patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-157

  Lucha Jr , Paul A ^a   Kropcho, Luisa ^a   Schneider, James J ^a   Francis, Michael ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645303254     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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