Triage Pain Scores and the Desire for and Use of Analgesics

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 689-695

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Garra, Gregory ^a   Chohan, Jasmine K ^a   Dalmedo, Charles ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 56249121515     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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