Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , May 2005

Ambulatory surgery acute pain management: A review of the evidence

  • Glenda E. Rudkin

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Anaesthetic Services, Adelaide, South Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 373, Unley, SA 5061, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8272 3446 (R); mobile: +61 419373296; fax: +61 8 82721406.
    • ,
  • Adam K. Rudkin

      Affiliations

    • Flinders University School of Medicine, Bedford Park, South Australia

Received 1 December 2004 ,Revised 1 December 2004 ,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.04.002

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , May 2005

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