Defining mild, moderate, and severe pain by using the color analogue scale with children presenting to a pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-344

  McConahay, Tom ^a   Bryson, Matt ^a   Bulloch, Blake ^a  

^a PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Pain measurement; Pain scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLOR ANALOG SCALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644524439     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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