Clinical reliability and validity of the N-PASS: Neonatal pain, agitation and sedation scale with prolonged pain

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Hummel, P ^a   Puchalski, M ^b   Creech, S D ^c   Weiss, M G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare   (United States)

^c Statistically Significant Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; NEONATAL PAIN AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RATING SCALE;

COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 38049050785     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211861     Document Type: Article

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