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The Effect of a Medical Clown on Pain During Intravenous Access in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Ido Wolyniez, Ayelet Rimon, Dennis Scolnik, Alejandro Gruber, Oren Tavor, Eli Haviv, Miguel Glatstein

Clinical Pediatrics · 2013 · 77 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Therapeutic clowns are useful for diminishing pain and anxiety during painful procedures being performed on children in the emergency department.

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Carrie L. Hicks, Carl L. von Baeyer, Pamela A. Spafford et al. · Pain · 2001 · 2K citations

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Knox H. Todd, Kathleen G Funk, Joseph P Funk et al. · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 1996 · 1.1K citations

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Prospective validation of clinically important changes in pain severity measured on a visual analog scale

E.John Gallagher, Michele Liebman, Polly E. Bijur · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2001 · 998 citations

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Clown Doctors as a Treatment for Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized, Prospective Study

Laura Vagnoli, Simona Caprilli, Arianna Robiglio et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2005 · 365 citations

Underuse of analgesia in very young pediatric patients with isolated painful injuries

John L. Alexander, Mariann Manno · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2003 · 248 citations

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