Bayesian estimation on diagnostic performance of Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability and Neonatal Infant Pain Scale for infant pain assessment in the absence of a gold standard

ConclusionBoth the FLACC and NIPS have excellent sensitivity and specificity for pain assessment in infants. The comparison test showed that the FLACC scale was no different to the NIPS scale in sensitivity and specificity.

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Source: Pediatric Anesthesia - May 1, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Xiaoli Ge, Jing‐Ru Tao, Jing Wang, Shu‐Ming Pan, Ying‐Wei Wang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research