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Editorial
. 2018 Mar;120(3):435-438.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2017.11.098. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

"Pain as the fifth vital sign" and dependence on the "numerical pain scale" is being abandoned in the US: Why?

N Levy  1 , J Sturgess  2 , P Mills  2
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"Pain as the fifth vital sign" and dependence on the "numerical pain scale" is being abandoned in the US: Why?

N Levy et al. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Mar.
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Keywords: opioid addiction; opioid analgesics; pain; pain measurement.

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