Test characteristics of parent's visual analog scale score in predicting ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 549-552

  Kim, Tommy Y ^a   Brown, Lance ^a   Stewart, Gail M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malfunction; Parent; Prediction; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL ERROR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34548316282     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31812c65b4     Document Type: Article

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