Skin conductance peaks could result from changes in vital parameters unrelated to pain

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-379

  Valkenburg, Abraham J ^a   Niehof, Sjoerd P ^b   Van Dijk, Monique ^a   Verhaar, Esther J M ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VITAL SIGN;

FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857984749     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.72     Document Type: Article

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