Assessment of post-operative pain in children: Who knows best?

Pediatric Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Brahmbhatt, Anjalee ^a   Adeloye, Tope ^a   Ercole, Ari ^a   Bishop, Steven M ^a   Smith, Helen L ^a   Wheeler, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child behavior; Nursing; Pain measurement; Parents; Postoperative diagnosis; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84874955636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/pr.2012.e10     Document Type: Article

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