After the refinement of the data based on the specificity, relevance and criterion validity, a modified acute pain scale was tested (Table 4).> The pain scale demonstrated construct and content validity; however intra- and inter-observer reliability for the items were only satisfactory, suggesting that refinement and readjustment of the items was required.
This study was designed to validate a new paediatric acute pain scale, LLANTO, comparing its scores with those obtained from the CHEOPS scale in 54 Spanish children aged 1 month-6 years.
aAIS = Acute Injury Scale score, ED = Emergency Department, F = Fahrenheit, INR = international normalized ratio, ISS = Injury Severity Scale score, MVC = motor vehicle collision, SBP = systolic blood pressure.
The evaluators used the acute pain scale to assess pain in the horses, without any scores assigned to any item on the scale.
The purpose of this study was to develop and calibrate the Sources of Acute Stress Scale for Sports Officials (SASS-SO) using the Rasch model.
In order to refine and validate an acute pain scale for horses a prospective, randomized, blinded study was conducted.
A similar approach was used to validate a postoperative acute pain scale in cats [ 15, 16], but in that case, only M2 was considered separately.
The KyberSept AT III study recruited over 2300 patients from 200 centres, with high Simplified Acute Physiology Scale scores (median 50), and a mortality of nearly 40% [ 2].
The acute pain scale was developed using previously published data [ 2, 12] and by observing approximately 700 hours of videos before and after castration.
Laboratory parameters included in the Simplified Acute Physiology Scale II and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores were analyzed at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark and followed routine procedures.
The aim of this study was to refine and validate a new acute pain scale for the assessment of mild or moderate pain in horses, and to evaluate its reliability.
