Pain
Neonatal and pediatric pain scales for clinical observation and age-appropriate self-report.
This collection brings together 9 pediatric tools related to pain, including clinical descriptions, validation status, references and calculators when active.
How to use this category
Tools are grouped by clinical area to make them easier to discover, while each page retains its own population, purpose, evidence level and limitations. Before using a score or calculator, review the exact variant, care setting and implementation status shown on its page.
Evidence and availability
PedsCore distinguishes active tools, clinical references, drafts and content limited by evidence or licensing. This is shown explicitly so that inclusion in the catalog is not mistaken for a recommendation to use the tool.
Scope and maintenance
Pages in this category are maintained individually: new evidence, a revised score version or a change in reuse conditions can alter one tool's availability without changing the rest of the category. PedsCore keeps references, validation notes and change traceability so that each result can be reviewed in its own clinical and documentary context.
Responsible clinical reading
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Available tools
- Neonatal Infant Pain Scale — Observational neonatal pain scale.
- Premature Infant Pain Profile — Neonatal pain scale, especially for preterm infants.
- Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised — Revised version of PIPP.
- CRIES — Neonatal pain scale based on five domains.
- FLACC — Observational pain scale based on face, legs, activity, cry, and consolability.
- rFLACC — Revised FLACC version identified for review.
- CHEOPS — Observational pediatric pain scale.
- Wong-Baker Faces — Faces-based visual pain scale.
- Visual Analogue Scale — 100-mm VAS for self-reported pain intensity.