Time to Rewrite Assessment and Documentation of Acute Pain in the Emergency Setting
Journal Title: Emergency Medicine – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
As a subjective and a unique individual experience, acute pain is one of the most common chief complaints reported by a majority of patients who are admitted to the emergency department (ED), while its perception and expression have great variations between countries.
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Ozgur Karcioglu
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