Assessment of patient pain at colonoscopy: Are nurses better than endoscopists?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 432-433

  Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Yiannakou, J Y ^a   Ellis, W R ^a   Bain, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 4644255536     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.9.432     Document Type: Article

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