Pain measures and cut-offs - 'no worse than mild pain' as a simple, universal outcome

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 400-412

  Moore, R A ^a   Straube, S ^b   Aldington, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DULOXETINE; ETORICOXIB; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TAPENTADOL; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WARD;

ANALGESIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875217425     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12148     Document Type: Review

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