Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 11-21 , March 2008

Assessment, Physiological Monitoring, and Consequences of Inadequately Treated Acute Pain

  • Colleen J. Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Dina A. Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN

      Affiliations

    • Same-Day Prep/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Department of Surgical Nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • El Dorado Hills, California
    • ,
  • James P. Rathmell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor of Pain Practice, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Secondary), University of Pennsylvania, Claire M. Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096.

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: These authors report the following conflicts of interest with the sponsor of this supplement article or products discussed in this article. Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-C, is on the speaker’s bureau and a consultant for Ortho-McNeil, Inc. and Hospira Inc. Dina Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN, is on the speaker’s bureau for Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, is on the speaker’s bureau or is a consultant for Baxter, Cardinal Health, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. James Rathmell, MD, received a grant/research support from PriCara, a Unit of Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Rosemary Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, is on the speaker’s bureau or a consultant for Janssen, L.P., Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.11.006

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 11-21 , March 2008

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