The pain-free ward: Myth or reality

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-529

  Morton, Neil S ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

audit; education; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; CHILD CARE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84861376796     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03881.x     Document Type: Review

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