Minimum clinically significant VAS differences for simultaneous (paired) interval serial pain assessments

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-179

  Yamamoto, Loren G ^a   Nomura, Jason T ^a   Sato, Renee L ^a   Ahern, Reina M ^a   Snow, Joanne L ^a   Kuwaye, Todd T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Pain; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

EMLA; HOT WATER; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JELLYFISH; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038384587     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(02)42255-3     Document Type: Article

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