Paediatric pain management practice and policies across Alberta emergency departments

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 190-194

  Ali, Samina ^a,b   Chambers, Andrea L ^a   Johnson, David W ^c,d   Craig, William R ^a,b   Newton, Amanda S ^a,b   Vandermeer, Ben ^a   Curtis, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency; Paediatrics; Pain; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PEDIATRICIAN; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84898734121     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/19.4.190     Document Type: Article

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