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Patterns of opioid use for lower limb trauma patients during the first 6 months after discharge

This study forms part of a programme of work to understand how opioid-naïve patients use opioids within the first few months of prescription. Opioid-naïve patients are people who have not received...

Congruence between nurses' and patients' assessment of postoperative pain: a literature review

A structured search was made of the following databases: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline Complete, PubMed Complementary Index, PsychINFO and British Nursing...

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