Improvement in psychosocial outcomes in chronic pain patients receiving intrathecal morphine infusions

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1981-1986

  Duse, Genni ^a   Davià, Giorgio ^b   White, Paul F ^b,c  

^a S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Leonardo Foundation Policlinico Abano Terme   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 73949157173     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181bd1da2     Document Type: Article

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