Pain in cognitively impaired, non-communicating children
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SHORT REPORT Pain in cognitively impaired, non-communicating children
Aim—To detail the everyday occurrence of pain in non-communicating children with cognitive impairment. Methods—Thirty four parents of cognitively impaired verbally non-communicating children completed pain diaries over a two week period. Each day, for five defined periods, parents rated whether their child had been in pain, and if so, its severity and duration. Results—Twenty five (73.5%) child...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.85.6.460