Long-term ambulatory continuous nerve blocks for terminally ill patients: A case series

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1299-1302

  Esch, Andrea Toufexis ^a   Esch, Andrew ^b   Knorr, John L ^c   Boezaart, Andre P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Haven Hospice   (United States)

^c St Anthony Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Cancer pain; Long Term continuous peripheral nerve blocks; Palliative pain management; Regional anesthesia; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 79952118167     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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