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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2020-12-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78b8570n |