Pain in the ICU: A psychiatric perspective

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 140-150

  Azzam, Pierre N ^a,b   Alam, Abdulkader ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; anxiety; delirium; intensive care; pain; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

17 METHYLNALTREXONE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CRITICAL CARE PAIN OBSERVATION TOOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; DELIRIUM; INTENSIVE CARE; PAIN; PSYCHIATRY;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84877961144     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066611432417     Document Type: Review

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