Validation of the Unesp-Botucatu composite scale to assess acute postoperative abdominal pain in sheep (USAPS).

A scale with robust statistical validation is essential to diagnose pain and improve decision making for analgesia. This blind, randomised, prospective and opportunist study aimed to develop an ethogram to evaluate behaviour and validate a scale to assess acute ovine postoperative pain. Elective lap...

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Main Authors: Nuno Emanuel Oliveira Figueiredo Silva, Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade, Alice Rodrigues Oliveira, Marilda Onghero Taffarel, Maria Alice Pires Moreira, Renan Denadai, Paula Barreto Rocha, Stelio Pacca Loureiro Luna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239622