Management of pain in a surgical emergency unit-Underlying factors affecting its delivery

Acute Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Grenman, D ^a   Niemi Murola, L ^a   Kalso, E ^a  

^a Köydenpunojankatu 7 B 14   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Attitudes; Emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LITALGIN; METAMIZOLE PLUS PITOFENONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 56049099280     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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