Screening for Discomfort as the Fifth Vital Sign Using an Electronic Medical Recording System: A Feasibility Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-436

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Fujimoto, Koji ^a   Namba, Miki ^a   Kiyohara, Emi ^a   Takada, Satoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Ritsuko ^a   Taguchi, Kimiyo ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

fifth vital sign; neoplasms; pain; Palliative care team; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLANGITIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION; SCREENING; STOMACH ULCER; VITAL SIGN;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 40849085139     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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