Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 124-133 , September 2009

Patients' Assessment of the Convenience of Fentanyl HCl Iontophoretic Transdermal System (ITS) Versus Morphine Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia (IV PCA) in the Management of Postoperative Pain After Major Surgery

  • Peg Pennington, RN, CRC

      Affiliations

    • Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield, Alabama
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Peg Pennington, RN, CRC, Nurse Coordinator, Helen Keller Hospital, 1300 S. Montgomery, Sheffield, AL 35660
    • ,
  • Stephanie Caminiti, APRN, MS, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Orthopedic Associates of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Jeff R. Schein, DrPH, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, Raritan, New Jersey
    • ,
  • David J. Hewitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, Raritan, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Winnie W. Nelson, PharmD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services, L.L.C., Raritan, New Jersey

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 6 August 2007 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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 Supported by PriCara, a Unit of Ortho-McNeil, Raritan, New Jersey.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00141-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.09.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 124-133 , September 2009

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