Update on Pain Assessment in Sick Neonates and Infants

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1167-1181

  Van Dijk, Monique ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Infants; Neonates; Pain measurement; Review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS OF INFANT PAIN SCALE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMFORTNEO SCALE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FACELESS ACUTE NEONATAL PAIN SCALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT PAIN SCALE; NEONATAL PAIN AGITATION AND SEDATION SCALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR PRETERM INFANTS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867095054     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.07.012     Document Type: Review

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