Pain and Prescription Monitoring Programs in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-26

  Todd, Knox H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; ILLICIT DRUG; OXYCODONE; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; TRAMADOL; TYLOX;

BENEFICENCE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953616441     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.02.025     Document Type: Editorial

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