Ethnicity and reported pain scores among children with long-bone fractures requiring emergency care

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1146-1149

  Ortega, Henry W ^a   Velden, Heidi Vander ^a   Lin, Chia Wei ^a   Reid, Samuel ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; fractures; pain scores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; ELBOW FRACTURE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFANT; LONG BONE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMALIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869489934     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827134f6     Document Type: Article

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