Pain point system scale (PPSS): A method for postoperative pain estimation in retrospective studies

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 503-510

  Gkotsi, Anastasia ^a   Petsas, Dimosthenis ^b   Sakalis, Vasilios ^b   Fotas, Asterios ^b   Triantafyllidis, Argyrios ^b   Vouros, Ioannis ^b   Saridakis, Evangelos ^b   Salpiggidis, Georgios ^b   Papathanasiou, Athanasios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pain point system scale; Pain scale; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN POINT SYSTEM SCALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84875002933     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S37154     Document Type: Article

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