Parental administration of analgesic medication in children after a limb injury

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-226

  Maimon, Michal S ^a,b   Marques, Linda ^a   Goldman, Ran D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Pain; Parents; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; LIMB INJURY; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH; SYMPTOM; ARM INJURY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; LEG INJURY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG INJURIES; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENTS; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 34247239866     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31803f5adc     Document Type: Article

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