Self-reported Pain Scores in the Emergency Department: Lack of Association with Vital Signs

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 974-979

  Marco, Catherine A ^a   Plewa, Michael C ^a   Buderer, Nancy ^a   Hymel, Gregory ^a   Cooper, Jeffrey ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; pain; pain scores

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; BURN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STAB WOUND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OHIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE;

EID: 33748130392     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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