The Utility of Pain Scale to Assess Verifiable vs Non-Verifiable Pain in United States Emergency Departments

Introduction: We sought to examine the utility of self-reported pain scale by comparing emergency department (ED) triage pain scores of self-reported but non-verifiable painful conditions with those of verifiable painful conditions using a large, nationally representative sample. Methods: We analyze...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K. Tom Xu, James E. Morris, Christopher Piel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-12-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78b8570n