Adaptation of pain scales for parent observation: are pain scales and symptoms useful in detecting pain of young children with the suspicion of acute otitis media?

• Главные авторы: Johanna M. Uitti (Автор), Sanna Salanterä (Автор), Miia K. Laine (Автор), Paula A. Tähtinen (Автор), Aino Ruohola (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The assessment of ear pain is challenging in young, mostly preverbal children. Our aim was to investigate whether pain scales are useful tools for parents to detect pain in their young children with the suspicion of acute otitis media (AOM), and to assess associations between 16...