Pain measurement in pediatric emergency care: A review of the Faces Pain Scale-Revised

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-93

  Belville, Roy G ^a   Seupaul, Rawle A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Face based scales; FPS R; No pain "anchor"

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRAWING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE; FACES PAIN SCALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 13844270810     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000159051.26812.8b     Document Type: Review

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