Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: Assessment and intervention

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-370

  Hopkins, Kathleen Garrubba ^a   Rosenzweig, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868024177     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.365-370     Document Type: Article

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