Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Page 2 , March 2007

Letter to the Editor

  • Margo McCaffery, MS, RN-BC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Consultant in the Nursing Care of Patients with Pain, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Educator and Consultant, El Dorado Hills, California

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  3. Vancleff LMG, Peters ML. The interruptive effect of pain on attention. The Journal of Pain. 2006;7(1):21–22
  4. Verster JC, Veldhuijzen DS, Volkerts ER. Effects of an opioid (oxycodone/paracetamol) and an NSAID (bromfenac) on driving ability, memory functioning, psychomotor performance, pupil size, and mood. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2006;22(5):499–504
  5. Willens JS. Out of the opioid fog: a personal perspective. Pain Management Nursing. 2006;7(3):79

PII: S1524-9042(06)00239-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2006.12.002

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Page 2 , March 2007

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