Itch assessment scale for the pediatric burn survivor

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-424

  Morris, Vershanna ^a   Murphy, Leticia M ^b   Rosenberg, Marta ^a,b   Rosenberg, Laura ^a,b   Holzer, Charles E ^a   Meyer III, Walter J ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITCH MAN SCALE; MALE; PARENTAL CONSENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVOR; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861138581     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182372bfa     Document Type: Article

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