title: An evaluation of instruments for identifying acute pain among hospitalized pediatric patients: a systematic review protocol.
authors.affiliation: Children's Health System of Texas.|The Texas Christian University Center for Evidence Based Health Care: a Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Speer
authors.affiliation: Children's Health System of Texas.|The Texas Christian University Center for Evidence Based Health Care: a Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chamblee
authors.affiliation: Children's Health System of Texas.|The Texas Christian University Center for Evidence Based Health Care: a Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: Jerithea
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tidwell
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D057566:Self Report; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic
keywords: assessment; behavioral; children; hospitalized; pain; pain assessment; pain scale; pediatric; tools