Acute pain assessment tools: Let us move beyond simple pain ratings

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 565-569

  Gordon, Debra B ^a  

^a Integrated Pain Care Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Assessment; CAPA; Measurement; Tools

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICALLY ALIGNED PAIN ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL TRANSACTION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ACUTE PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ACUTE PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84973462760     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000225     Document Type: Review

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