Clinically significant differences in the visual analog pain scale in acute vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis

Hemoglobin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-432

  Lopez, Bernard L ^a   Flenders, Pamela ^a   Davis Moon, Linda ^a   Corbin, Theodore ^a   Ballas, Samir K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Sickle cell anemia; Vasoocclusive crisis; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VASOOCCLUSIVE SICKLE CELL CRISIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36248949747     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260701587810     Document Type: Article

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