Intravenous Infusions in Chronic Pain Management
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Intravenous infusions in chronic pain management.
In the United States, millions of Americans are affected by chronic pain, which adds heavily to national rates of morbidity, mortality, and disability, with an ever-increasing prevalence. According to a 2011 report titled Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, pain not only exacts ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pain Physician
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2013/16/231