Clinical tools for the assessment of pain in sedated critically ill adults

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Cade, Clare H ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult intensive care; Pain assessment; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 65549116578     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2008.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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