SIAARTI recommendations for chronic non-cancer pain;Raccomandozioni SIAARTI per il dolore cronico non da cancro

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 859-880

  Ambrosio, Francesco ^a   Finco, G ^b   Mattia, C ^c   Mediati, R ^d   Paoletti, F ^e   Coluzzi, F ^c   Piacevoli, Q ^f   Savoia, G ^g   Amantea, B ^h   Aurilio, C ⁱ   Bonezzi, C ^j   Camaioni, D ^k   Chiefari, M ⁱ   Costantini, A ^l   Evangelista, M ^k   Ischia, S ^m   Mondello, E ⁿ   Polati, E ^m   Raffaeli, W ^o   Sabato, A F ^p   Varrassi, G ^q   Visentin, M ^r   Alampi, D ^s   Tufano, R ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Magna Grecia University   (Italy)

ⁱ SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^j Salvatore Maugeri Fondation ^*  (Italy)

^k CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^o UOSC Pain Therapy and Palliative Care   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^r SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^s SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GUANETHIDINE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RHIZOTOMY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845324882     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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