Pruritus in nurns: Review article

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Goutos, Ioannis ^a   Dziewulski, Peter ^b   Richardson, Patricia M ^b  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALIMEMAZINE; BRADYKININ; CALAMINE; CAPSAICIN; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHYMASE; CIMETIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DAPSONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; GABAPENTIN; GLYCEROL; HISTAMINE; HYDROXYZINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORATADINE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOCRYSTALLINE SILVER; ONDANSETRON; OXIDE; PLACEBO; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT;

ALOE VERA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COOLING; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; LOTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; MAST CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OAT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRURITUS; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PRURITUS; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; BANDAGE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; BURNS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; PRURITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 62549159930     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318198a2fa     Document Type: Review

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