Twice-daily pain monitoring as standard clinical practice for inpatients at a medical oncology unit: A descriptive study

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 158-162

  Martoni, A A ^a   Degli Esposti, C ^a   Cricca, A ^a   Rocchi, G ^a   Giaquinta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesic therapy; Pain monitoring; VAS

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846520795     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl314     Document Type: Article

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