Impact of systematic evaluation of pain and agitation in an intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1691-1699

  Chanques, Gerald ^a   Jaber, Samir ^a   Barbotte, Eric ^b   Violet, Sophie ^a   Sebbane, Mustapha ^a   Perrigault, Pierre François ^a   Mann, Claude ^a   Lefrant, Jean Yves ^a   Eledjam, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Agitation; Analgesia; Intensive care unit; Pain; Practice guidelines; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; NURSING CARE PLAN; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REST; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744504895     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000218416.62457.56     Document Type: Article

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