Pain Assessment for Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 117 (5), 1511-1518
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2005-2046
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. To examine the relationship between pediatric patient visit characteristics and pain score documentation in the emergency department (ED) and determine whether documentation of a pain score is associated with increased analgesic use.Keywords
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