Prevalence, causes, and treatment of neuropathic pain in Dutch nursing home residents: A retrospective chart review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1418-1425

  Van Kollenburg, Esther G P ^a   Lavrijsen, Jan C M ^a   Verhagen, Stans C ^b   Zuidema, Sytse U ^c   Schalkwijk, Annelies ^b   Vissers, Kris C P ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

frail elderly; neuropathic pain; nursing homes; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NURSING HOME; PHANTOM PAIN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEURALGIA; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865123746     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04078.x     Document Type: Review

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