Pain prevalence and pain relief in trauma patients in the Accident & Emergency department

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 578-585

  Berben, Sivera A A ^a   Meijs, Tineke H J M ^b   van Dongen, Robert T M ^a   van Vugt, Arie B ^a   Vloet, Lilian C M ^c   Mintjes de Groot, Joke J ^b   van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident Emergency department; Acute pain; Emergency Medical Services; Pain management; Pain measurement; Prevalence; Trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41149163381     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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