Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 59-63 , August 2005

Development of a protocol for pain management in patients undergoing uterine artery embolization

  • Holly Maciolek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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  • Neil Roy Connelly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 413 794 3520; fax: +1 413 794 5349.
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  • Robert K. Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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  • Robert B. Steinberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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  • Scott S. Reuben

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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  • Mark Bean

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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  • Christian Munk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA

Received 23 November 2004 ,Revised 6 April 2005 ,Accepted 18 May 2005.

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PII: S1366-0071(05)00031-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.05.003

Acute Pain
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 59-63 , August 2005

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