Hospitalized children continue to report undertreated and preventable pain

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 198-204

  Birnie, Kathryn A ^a,b   Chambers, Christine T ^a,b   Fernandez, Conrad V ^a,b   Forgeron, Paula A ^c   Latimer, Margot A ^a,b   McGrath, Patrick J ^a,b   Cummings, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Finley, G Allen ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospital; Pain management; Pediatric pain; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84906224314     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/614784     Document Type: Article

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