Open AccessImproving assessment and treatment of pain in the critically ill
Author(s) -
Michael Erdek
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal for quality in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1464-3677
pISSN - 1353-4505
DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzh010
Subject(s) - medicine , pain assessment , psychological intervention , visual analogue scale , adverse effect , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , intervention (counseling) , intensive care unit , pain scale , pain management , intensive care medicine , nursing
Efforts to improve pain assessment and treatment in critically ill patients are poorly studied and represent an opportunity to improve quality of care. We sought to improve pain assessment and treatment in patients in a surgical intensive care unit at an academic medical center.
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