Quality improvement: Implementation of a pain management policy in a university pediatric hospital

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 620-627

  Megens, Johanna H A M ^a   Van Der Werff, Désiree B M ^a   Knape, Johannes T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Analgesia; Pediatric pain; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 44649103419     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02601.x     Document Type: Article

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