Pain assessment in infants and young children: the FLACC scale

A third in a series on pain assessment in infants and young children is presented. Merkel et al focus on pain assessment in the child who is too young to report pain using scales such as a 0-to-10 scale or a pain rating scale depicting faces.

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Published in:The American journal of nursing 2002-10, Vol.102 (10), p.55-58
Main Authors: Merkel, Sandra, Voepel-Lewis, Terri, Malviya, Shobha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesia - methods
Analgesia - nursing
Babies
Child
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
Crying
Facial Expression
FLACC scale
Humans
Infant
Infants
Nursing
Nursing Assessment - methods
Pain
Pain management
Pain Measurement - methods
Pain Measurement - nursing
Pain Measurement - standards
Pain, Postoperative - diagnosis
Pain, Postoperative - physiopathology
Pain, Postoperative - psychology
Pediatrics
Psychology, Child
Ratings
Scales
Severity of Illness Index
Young children
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Summary:A third in a series on pain assessment in infants and young children is presented. Merkel et al focus on pain assessment in the child who is too young to report pain using scales such as a 0-to-10 scale or a pain rating scale depicting faces.
ISSN:0002-936X
1538-7488