The visual analog scale in the immediate postoperative period: Intrasubject variability and correlation with a numeric scale

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-106

  DeLoach, Lauren J ^a   Higgins, Michael S ^b   Caplan, Amy B ^a   Stiff, Judith L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0031965568     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199801000-00020     Document Type: Article

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