Sub-optimal pain control in patients with rheumatic disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1029-1033

  Sheane, Barry J ^a   Doyle, Frank ^b   Doyle, Christina ^a   O'Loughlin, Ciara ^a   Howard, Donough ^a   Cunnane, Gaye ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain; Rheumatic disease; VAS

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CODEINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; NURSE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 47349116336     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0881-5     Document Type: Article

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