Pain Assessments and the Provision of Analgesia: The Effects of a Templated Chart

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Holmes, John H ^a   Chansky, Michael E ^a   Levey, Helen ^a   Kulkarni, Miriam ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; documentation; emergency medicine; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845787472     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.057     Document Type: Article

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