Analgesic treatment and predictors of satisfaction with analgesia in patients with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 773-778

  Marinsek, Matej ^a   Kovacic, Dragan ^a   Versnik, Darja ^a   Parasuh, Milena ^a   Golez, Slavica ^a   Podbregar, Matej ^b  

^a Celje General and Teaching Hospital ^*  (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Pain measurement; Patient satisfaction; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; MORPHINE; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547396902     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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