Pain may be inevitable; inadequate management is not
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Pain may be inevitable; inadequate management is not
Assessing and managing pain in the critically ill patient is challenging. Reproducible and clinically applicable pain measurement scales have yet to be validated and ubiquitously applied in the intensive care unit setting. Critical care clinicians, both physicians and nurses, should thoughtfully monitor their patient's pain level, periodically reassess their practice and critically evaluate the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc6865