Quality assurance for interventional pain management procedures

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Zhou, Yili ^a   Furgang, Fred A ^b   Zhang, Yan Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; International pain management procedure; Patient safety; Patient satisfaction; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN BLEEDING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646598355     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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