Treatment of Pain in Children after Limb-Sparing Surgery: An Institution's 26-Year Experience

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-94

  Anghelescu, Doralina L ^a   Oakes, Linda L ^a   Hankins, Gisele M ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NURSING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METHADONE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956346063     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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