Pain in young children attending an accident and emergency department

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-267

  McCarthy, Clare ^a   Hewitt, Susie ^b   Choonara, Imti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Pain; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033939069     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.17.4.265     Document Type: Article

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