Comparative study of methods of measuring acute pain intensity in an ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-136

  Berthier, Frederic ^a   Potel, Gilles ^a   Leconte, Philippe ^a   Touze, Marie Dominique ^a   Baron, Denis ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Emergency department; Numeric rating scale; Pain scales; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0031888010     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90029-8     Document Type: Article

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