Is the ABC pain scale reliable for premature babies?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1008-1010

  Bellieni, C V ^a   Maffei, M ^a   Ancora, G ^b   Cordelli, D ^a   Mastrocola, M ^b   Faldella, G ^b   Ferretti, E ^c   Buonocore, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Newborn; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CRYING; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250616581     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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