Parental assessment and management of children's postoperative pain: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-194

  Unsworth, Vanessa ^a   Franck, Linda S ^b   Choonara, Imti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Pain assessment; Postoperative analgesia; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 38449112849     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507079558     Document Type: Article

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