Progress in pain assessment: the cognitively compromised patient
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Paramedic assessment of pain in the cognitively impaired adult patient
BACKGROUND Paramedics are often a first point of contact for people experiencing pain in the community. Wherever possible the patient's self report of pain should be sought to guide the assessment and management of this complaint. Communication difficulty or disability such as cognitive impairment associated with dementia may limit the patient's ability to report their pain experience, and this...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0952-7907
DOI: 10.1097/aco.0b013e32830a4bfd