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Background: Pain is the most common reason for presentation to an orthopaedic practice and orthopedists rank 4th among top prescribers of opiates. Accurate assessment of pain intensity is essential for… Click to show full abstract
Background: Pain is the most common reason for presentation to an orthopaedic practice and orthopedists rank 4th among top prescribers of opiates. Accurate assessment of pain intensity is essential for symptom management. Multiple pain assessment tools exist for pediatric providers including numeric, picture, or color scales. As pain is now considered the 5th vital sign, these assessment tools are widely implemented because they are easy to use and have been previously reported to be valid. Purpose: To evaluate the validity and sensitivity of self-reported pain assessment tools administered to pediatric …
Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2019
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