Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit | ||||
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
Article 23, Volume 69, Issue 4, October 2017, Page 2323-2328 PDF (211.82 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.12816/0041536 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Fatimah Abdulwahab Alhawaj1; ZohairRadi Alghazal1; Mohammed Saleh Alonazi2; Nura Nasser Alahmadi3; Almutari Abdulmajed4; Ali Mohammed Alhijab1; Imtinan Abdulrahman Malawi5; Sohaib Osama Baarimah6; Abdulhadi salem Towairqi7 | ||||
1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | ||||
2Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University | ||||
3Taibah University | ||||
4Semmelwies University | ||||
5Batterjee Medical College | ||||
6Umm Al-Qura University | ||||
7University of Jeddah | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Pain assessment in ICU patients turns out to be a daily challenge for the attending teams, particularly in those patients who are intubated endotracheally; on mechanical ventilation or analgosedated as such patients are unable to self-assess existence and intensity of pain. Guidelines to identify pain in these patients are crucial for physicians for effective management. Methodology: We conducted this review using a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE, January 1994, through March 2017. The following search terms were used: pain management in ICU, pain in ICU, pain assessment by behavior, pain assessment in intubated patients. Aim: Our aim in this study was to understand how to assess and manage pain in an intensive care unit patient, particularly those patients who are unable to self-report or assess. Conclusion: Physical clues given by comatose or intubated patients in critical care unit must be used as a method to identify existence of pain, and must be managed effectively to decrease discomfort and prevent short and long term adverse effects. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Intensive care unit pain assessment; ICU pain management; guidelines to pain management | ||||
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