Validation of the alder hey triage pain score

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 625-630

  Stewart, B ^a   Lancaster, G ^b   Lawson, J ^a   Williams, K ^a   Daly, J ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ALDER HEY TRIAGE PAIN SCORE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; EMERGENCIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 3042719692     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.032599     Document Type: Article

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