Comparison of visual analogue scale and faces rating scale in measuring acute postoperative pain

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Fadaizadeh, Lida ^a   Emami, Habib ^a   Samii, Kamran ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Faces rating scale (FRS); Pain; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849109162     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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