Postoperative pain after paediatric adenoidectomy and differences between the pain scores made by the recovery room staff, the parent and the child

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1079-1083

  Knutsson, Johan ^a   Tibbelin, Anders ^a   Von Unge, Magnus ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Age; Gender; Health care professionals; Inter observer agreement; Parent; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECOVERY ROOM; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENTS; RECOVERY ROOM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33747738026     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600606715     Document Type: Article

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