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Pain in the emergency department: adherence to an implemented treatment protocol
Author(s) -
FrankPeter Stephan,
Christian H. Nickel,
Jaqueline S Martin,
Daniela Grether,
Karen DelportLehnen,
Roland Bingisser
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2010.12975
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , pain management , protocol (science) , visual analogue scale , prospective cohort study , physical therapy , pain scale , emergency medicine , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Although pain is one of the most common presenting complaints in the Emergency Department (ED), pain management is often inadequate. Pain management protocols have been shown to be useful. The objective of this study was to assess the adherence to an already implemented pain management protocol in an urban ED.

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