Pain assessment for pediatric patients in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1511-1518

  Drendel, Amy L ^a,b   Brousseau, David C ^a   Gorelick, Marc H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Emergency department; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646823756     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2046     Document Type: Article

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