Pain, sedation, and delirium management in the neurocritically ill: Lessons learned from recent research

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-243

  Gélinas, Céline ^a,b   Klein, Kate ^c   Naidech, Andrewm ^d   Skrobik, Yoanna ^e,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

delirium; intensive care unit; neuro; pain; sedation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACKACHE; BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BREATHING RATE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CRITICAL CARE PAIN OBSERVATION TOOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIMB PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROSURGERY; NONVERBAL PAIN SCALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; SEDATION; SEDATION AGITATION SCALE; SELF REPORT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERTICAL NUMERIC RATING SCALE; VITAL SIGN; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 84878406440     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1342986     Document Type: Article

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