Abstract
Each patient's pain experience is uniquely his or her own. Standardized pain assessment methodologies and procedures provide a window to this experience and constitute a necessary first step to our understanding of pain, in both clinical and research settings. All too often, emergency department pain assessment is cursory - performed more to satisfy regulatory requirements than to guide our therapies or evaluate our practices. This article provides information on a number of assessment techniques that are appropriate for clinical and research use. Their use should inform our practice and lead to continuous improvements in our management of pain.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 285-295 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine