Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The management of acute pain is an aspect of hospital-based practice that has been neglected. Control of pain is important for ethical reasons, for compliance with new guidelines and standards, and for optimizing patient satisfaction and outcomes. METHODS:Be review the rationale for establishing priority to the control of acute pain, the importance of an institutional approach to improve pain management, and specific steps in the establishment and conduct of an acute pain program. RESULTS:Improvement in pain control depends on an institutional approach to facilitate changes in attitude and prioritization. Pain management programs should provide for patient and staff education, adequate documentation of care, institutional standards for pain control, quality assurance/continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities, and periodic review of practice and policy. CONCLUSIONS:Effective pain management can set the stage for a rehabilitational approach to postoperative care, which should lead to earlier recovery and improved outcomes.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Blau WS,Dalton JA,Lindley Cdoi
10.1097/00007611-199905000-00003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-05-01 00:00:00pages
465-71issue
5eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
92pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::We have described a patient who died of disseminated strongyloidiasis as a result of steroid therapy, despite an extensive diagnostic evaluation in the face of eosinophilia, but before any immunosuppressive therapy. This death might have been prevented by presumptive treatment after work-up but before immunosuppressiv...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198311000-00030
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,实务指引
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abstract::The application of 70% helium-30% oxygen mixtures by tight-fitting face mask in the emergency management of large airway obstruction is well known. We present the case of an infant with severe large airway obstruction and respiratory failure that was unresponsive to the more traditional approaches of airway management...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198901000-00009
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198508000-00018
更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::To assess the reliability and accuracy of the Papanicolaou smear for the detection of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infections, we obtained chlamydial cultures and cervical smears from 252 patients attending a gynecologic service during an eight-month time period. In 12 of these patients (4.8%), the cervical culture ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
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doi:
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197703000-00033
更新日期:1977-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199810000-00019
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318213cf6b
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000738
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199608000-00009
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31823a8879
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199409000-00003
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199004000-00011
更新日期:1990-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00007611-199511000-00015
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Southern medical journal
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更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00