A comparison of analgesic management for emergency department patients with sickle cell disease and renal colic

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-205

  Lazio, Matthew P ^a   Costello, Heather H ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a   Martinovich, Zoran ^a   Myers, Randall ^b   Zosel, Amy ^c   Tanabe, Paula ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mountain Poison and Drug Center   (United States)

^d Institute for Healthcare Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Adult; Analgesics; Anemia; Emergency service; Hospital, pain; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY COLIC; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 77249094620     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181bed10c     Document Type: Article

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