Gender differences in acute and chronic pain in the emergency department: Results of the 2014 academic emergency medicine consensus conference pain section

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1421-1430

  Musey, Paul I ^a   Linnstaedt, Sarah D ^b,c   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^c   Miner, James R ^e   Bortsov, Andrey V ^c   Safdar, Basmah ^d   Bijur, Polly ^f   Rosenau, Alex ^g,h   Tsze, Daniel S ⁱ   Chang, Andrew K ^j   Dorai, Suprina ^g   Engel, Kirsten G ^k   Feldman, James A ^l   Fusaro, Angela M ^l,m   Lee, David C ⁿ   Rosenberg, Mark ^o,p   Keefe, Francis J ^q   Peak, David A ^r   Nam, Catherine S ^s   Patel, Roma G ^s   Fillingim, Roger B ^t   McLean, Samuel A ^b,c   more..

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ Montefiore Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^j MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE STRESS; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX REASSIGNMENT; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919918958     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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