Comparison of visual analog and numeric scoring scales for assessing intraoperative mesenteric portovenography

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 534-540

  Macdonald, Nicholas J ^a   Burton, Carolyn A ^a   White, Robert N ^a  

^a DAVIES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dynamic intraoperative mesenteric portovenography; Interchangeability; Numerical scoring scale; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MESENTERIC VEIN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MESENTERIC VEINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036835143     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2002.tb01044.x     Document Type: Article

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