Fluctuations in vital signs and behavioural responses of brain surgery patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Are they valid indicators of pain?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2562-2576

  Kapoustina, Oxana ^a,b,c   Echegaray Benites, Christine ^a,b,c   Gélinas, Céline ^a,b,d,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e RIISIQ (Quebec Nursing Intervention Research Network)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critical care; Neurosurgery; Nurses; Nursing; Pain; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84908133790     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12409     Document Type: Article

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