Post-discharge pain management following elective primary total hip and total knee arthroplasty on patients discharged to home on pod 5 or earlier from an acute care facility

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Ramlall, Yvonne ^a   Archibald, Dorothy ^a   Robinson Pereira, Sara J ^b   Sawhney, Mona ^a   Ramlall, Steven ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Regional Pain Program   (Canada)

^c Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   (Canada)

Author keywords

Post operative discharge; Post operative pain; Total hip arthroplasty; Total joint arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958186123     PISSN: 18781241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijotn.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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