Reliability of two behavioral tools to assess pain in preterm neonates

CONTEXT: One of the main difficulties in adequately treating the pain of neonatal patients is the scarcity of validated pain evaluation methods for this population. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the reliability of two behavioral pain scales in neonates. TYPE OF STUDY: Cross-sectional. SETTING: University ho...

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Main Authors: Ruth Guinsburg, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Clóvis de Araújo Peres, Alexandre R. Shinzato, Benjamin Israel Kopelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802003000200008&lng=en&tlng=en