Interventions for relieving the pain and discomfort of screening mammography

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Miller, Dawn ^a   Livingstone, V ^b   Herbison, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetaminophen therapeutic use ; Analgesics, non narcotic therapeutic use ; Female; Humans; Mammography *adverse effects ; Pain *prevention control ; Premedication; Pressure; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44949142153     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002942.pub2     Document Type: Review

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