Pain in the emergency department: Adherence to an implemented treatment protocol

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Stephan, Frank Peter ^a   Nickel, Christian H ^a   Martin, Jaqueline S ^a   Grether, Daniela ^a   Delport Lehnen, Karen ^a   Bingisser, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Opiophobia; Pain management; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYSIPELOID; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TORTICOLLIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953500287     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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