Acute pain in adults admitted to the emergency room: Development and implementation of abbreviated guidelines

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 223-227

  Tamchès, Emmanuel ^a   Buclin, Thierry ^a   Hugli, Olivier ^a   Decosterd, Isabelle ^a,b   Blanc, Catherine ^a   Mouhsine, Elyaside ^a   Givel, Jean Claude ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Clinical practice guidelines; Emergency room

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34249302361     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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