Interventions to address deficits of pharmacological pain management in nursing home residents - A cluster-randomized trial

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1331-1341

  Konner F ^a   Budnick, A ^a   Kuhnert, R ^a   Wulff, I ^a   Kalinowski, S ^a   Martus, P ^b   Drager D ^a   Kreutz, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIPYRONE; ETORICOXIB; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; LAXATIVE; NALOXONE PLUS OXYCODONE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TILIDINE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PAIN MEDICATION APPROPRIATENESS SCALE; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; PAIN; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84942293844     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.663     Document Type: Article

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