Pain practices in a Saudi emergency department

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Rehmani, Rifat S ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 77954063264     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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