Do 0-10 numeric rating scores translate into clinically meaningful pain measures for children?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Burke, Constance N ^a   Jeffreys, Nicole ^a   Malviya, Shobha ^a   Tait, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79251645352     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318203f495     Document Type: Article

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