Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 379-383.e2 , October 2007

Comparison of Four Pain Scales in Children With Acute Abdominal Pain in a Pediatric Emergency Department

  • Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Benoit Bailey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, CHU Ste-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1C5; 514-345-4931 ext 6276, fax 514-345-4823
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  • Sylvie Bergeron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Raoul Daoust, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Received 1 March 2007 ,Revised 15 April 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MDAuthor contributions: BB, SB, and JG conceived the study and designed the trial. SB obtained research funding. BB, SB, and JG supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection and undertook recruitment of patients. BB managed the data. BB, JG, and RD provided statistical advice on study design. BB analyzed the data. BB drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. BB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by a grant from Fonds d’Opération pour les Projets de Recherche Clinique Épidémiologique et Évaluative du Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital Ste-Justine.Publication dates: Available online June 22, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00548-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.021

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 379-383.e2 , October 2007

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