Changing practice to improve pain control for renal patients

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 999, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Salisbury, E M ^a   Game, D S ^a   Al Shakarchi, I ^a   Chan, M ^a   Fishman, L ^a   Tookman, L ^a   Brown, E A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUROTOXICITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849128799     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.071191     Document Type: Short Survey

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