Pain assessment in infants and young children: The FLACC scalex

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 55-68

  Merkel, Sandra ^b   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^b   Malviya, Shobha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANALGESIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036781307     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200210000-00024     Document Type: Article

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