Measurement of pain in premature infants with a gestational age between 28 to 37 weeks: Validation of the adapted COMFORT scale

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-18

  Caljouw, Monique A A ^a   Kloos, Marguerite A C ^a   Olivier, Madeleine Y ^a   Heemskerk, Ida W ^a   Pison, Winke C R ^a   Stigter, Gerben D ^a   Verhoef, Anne Mieke J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COMFORT scale; Neonatal nursing; Pain assessment; Premature infant; Validity; VAS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846440932     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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