Pain in Critically Ill patients with substance use disorder or long-term opioid use for chronic pain

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-254

  Drew, Debra J ^a   Marie, Barbara J St ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fairview Ridges Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; opioid induced hyperalgesia; pain; substance use disorder; tolerance

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PAIN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80051743289     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCI.0b013e318220c504     Document Type: Article

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