A randomized clinical trial of a nurse telephone follow-up on paediatric tonsillectomy pain management and complications

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2054-2065

  Paquette, Julie ^a   Le May, Sylvie ^a   Lachance Fiola, Jacinthe ^a   Villeneuve, Edith ^a   Lapointe, Annie ^a   Bourgault, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Children; Day surgery; Nurses midwives nursing; Nursing interventions; Paediatric pain management; Parent; Postoperative complications; Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSES/MIDWIVES/NURSING; NURSING INTERVENTIONS; PAEDIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY;

AFTERCARE; CHILDREN; DAY SURGERY; NURSES/MIDWIVES/NURSING; NURSING INTERVENTIONS; PAEDIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TONSILLECTOMY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TELEPHONE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84882289431     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12072     Document Type: Article

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