Analgesia and Addiction in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Pain Exacerbations
Introduction: There is ongoing controversy regarding the appropriate use of narcotic analgesia for patients presenting frequently to the emergency department (ED) with subjective acute exacerbations of pain. "Are we treating pain or enabling addiction?”Objectives: To determine whether the prese...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6pp469wt |