Pharmacology of Analgesic Drugs

Managing Pain in Children: A Clinical Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 39-66

  Dowden, Stephanie J ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction, dependence and tolerance; Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine ANZCA ; Pain management for opioid tolerant patients; Pain misconceptions in children; Pain undertreatment and consequential drug seeking behaviour (pseudo addiction); Pharmacokinetics, process of drug movement through body; Pharmacology of analgesic drugs; Pharmacology of analgesic drugs and enhancement of nurses' pain management practice; Route of drug administration affecting speed of onset and therapeutic response; World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic ladder

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955130906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444322743.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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