Postoperative Pain: Acupuncture versus Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Gavronsky, Stas ^a   Koeniger Donohue, Rebecca ^a   Steller, Julie ^a   Hawkins, Joellen W ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865534284     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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