Misinterpretation of the fifth vital sign

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-419

  Kozol, Robert A ^a   Voytovich, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARDRUM; HUMAN; MOUTH TEMPERATURE; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; TELEMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAL SIGN;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34249112218     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.5.417     Document Type: Note

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