Early, continuous, and restorative pain management in injured soldiers: The challenge ahead

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 284-286

  Gallagher, Rollin M ^a   Polomano, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CAUSALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IRAQ; MORBIDITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746302790     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00188.x     Document Type: Editorial

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