Pain score documentation and analgesia: A comparison of children and adults with appendicitis

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 482-487

  Furyk, Jeremy ^a   Sumner, Michelle ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Morphine; Paediatric; Pain; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149288365     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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