User:Whariki/Wheeler's sign

Wheeler's sign was created by Dr Matt Wheeler and Dr Ben Mattingly in Invercargill Hospital, New Zealand.

The sign states that anyone who comes into hospital claiming to be in severe pain, yet are more scared of the needle (be it the IV cannula or the phlebotomy needle), are not in as much pain as they state.

It was found in a recent retrospective trial that there was a positive predictive value of same day discharge of 100% in those that were Wheeler's sign positive.