Accuracy of Critical Care Pain Observation Tool and Behavioral Pain Scale to assess pain in critically ill conscious and unconscious patients: prospective, observational study

Severgnini, Paolo; Pelosi, Paolo; Contino, E.; Serafinelli, Elisa; Novario, Raffaele; Chiaranda, Maurizio

doi:10.1186/s40560-016-0192-x

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Accuracy of Critical Care Pain Observation Tool and Behavioral Pain Scale to assess pain in critically ill conscious and unconscious patients: prospective, observational study

Published in Journal of Intensive Care • Nov 7, 2016

Authors:

Paolo Severgnini

Paolo Pelosi

E. Contino

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) may suffer from different painful stimuli, but the assessment of pain is difficult because most of them are almost sedated and unable to self-report. Thus, it is important to optimize evaluation of pain in these patients. The ...

Subject

Observational study

Medicine

Visual analogue scale

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