Acute pain and availability of analgesia in the prehospital emergency setting in Italy: A problem to be solved

Pain Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Marinangeli, Franco ^a   Narducci, Cristiano ^a   Ursini, Maria Laura ^a   Paladini, Antonella ^a   Pasqualucci, Alberto ^b   Gatti, Antonio ^b   Varrassi, Giustino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Analgesia; Emergency setting; Prehospital quality care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ITALY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650693742     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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