Pain Management in the Traumatic Amputee

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Ketz, Ann Kobiela ^a,b  

^a LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b 212th Combat Support Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFGHANISTAN; AGNOSIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY NURSING; NERVE BLOCK; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFGHANISTAN; AMINES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; BENCHMARKING; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CRITICAL CARE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHANTOM LIMB; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149078741     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.10.006     Document Type: Review

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