System and methods for pain assesment

A machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

• receive pain data indicative of pain in a subject;
• generate a plurality of pain descriptors using the pain data, the plurality of pain descriptors indicative of two or more of pain intensity, spatial extent of pain, or temporal pattern of pain;
• produce a composite pain score using the plurality of the pain descriptors, the composite pain score quantifying overall pain;
• and
• produce a presentation of information about the pain in the subject for displaying in an output unit, the information including the composite pain score.

A method for assessing pain in a subject, comprising:

• receiving pain data indicative of pain in the subject;
• generating a plurality of pain descriptors using the pain data, the plurality of pain descriptors indicative of two or more of pain intensity, spatial extent of pain, or temporal pattern of pain;
• producing a composite pain score using the plurality of the pain descriptors, the composite pain score quantifying overall pain;
• and
• producing a presentation of information about the pain in the subject including the composite pain score.