Determinants of inappropriate acute pain management in old people unable to communicate verbally in the emergency department

Determinants of inappropriate acute pain management in old people unable to communicate verbally in the emergency department

Objectives: Poor pain management is relevant among individuals unable to communicate verbally (UCV). Analgesia may be due to three determinants: patients' status, physician's characteristics and pain etiology. Our aim is to investigate the association between prescription of ED pain treatm...

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Main Authors: Attilio Allione, Emanuele Pivetta, Elisa Pizzolato, Bartolomeo Lorenzati, Fulvio Pomero, Letizia Barutta, Giuseppe Lauria, Bruno Tartaglino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-12-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247317300225

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