title: [Methods of assessing postoperative pain in children].
abstract: A study of the evaluation of postoperative pain in 210 children using physiological, reference and observation methods. A comparison with other methods leads to the conclusion that observation is the best choice and that some children do not need analgesics during the postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nuñez Nuñez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martín Sanabria
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Requena Guerrero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blesa Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Métodos de valoración del dolor postoperatorio en el niño.