An interventional study to improve the quality of analgesia in the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-439

  Yanuka, Michael ^a   Soffer, Dror ^a   Halpern, Pinchas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency department; Improvement; Protocols; Training

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BURN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY COLIC; LACERATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPRAIN; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 54849432219     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500010526     Document Type: Article

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