How patients and physicians rate patients' pain in a French emergency department using a verbally administered numerical rating scale and a visual analog scale

Acute Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-37

  Marquié, Laetitia ^a   Duarte, Liliana Rico ^b   Mariné, Claudette ^b   Lauque, Dominique ^c   Sorum, Paul Clay ^d  

^a CERPP   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; France; Pain assessment; Verbal numerical rating scale; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 41249094868     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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