Pain Reporting, Opiate Dosing, and the Adverse Effects of Opiates After Hip or Knee Replacement in Patients 60 Years Old or Older

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Petre, Benjamin M ^a   Roxbury, Christopher R ^a   McCallum, Jeremy R ^a   Defontes, Kenneth W ^a   Belkoff, Stephen M ^a   Mears, Simon C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; hip replacement; knee replacement; opiates; pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993682734     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458511432758     Document Type: Article

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