Pain assessment in the neonate using the Bernese Pain Scale for Neonates

Early Human Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-131

  Cignacco, Eva ^a   Mueller, Romano ^b   Hamers, Jan P H ^c   Gessler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neonates; Pain assessment; Prematurity; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BERNESE PAIN SCALE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 3042651493     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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