The minimum clinically significant difference in acute nontraumatic thoracoabdominal pain in adult emergency department patients in Turkey

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-176

  Degerli, V ^a   Karcioglu, O ^b   Larkin, G L ^c   Karaduman, S ^d   Korkmaz, T ^e   Tunc, M A ^f  

^a Bozyaka Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KENT HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Marmaris State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital emergency service; Pain measurement; Reliablity of results; Reproducibility of results; Visual analog pain scale

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE NONTRAUMATIC THORACOABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; GENDER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; THORAX PAIN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84864040922     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490791201900303     Document Type: Article

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