Open AccessThe prevalence and characteristics of pain in critically ill cancer patients: A prospective nonrandomized observational study
Author(s) -
Mayank Gupta,
Malvinder Singh Sahi,
A K Bhargava,
Vineet Talwar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.164894
Subject(s) - medicine , neuropathic pain , cancer pain , cancer , observational study , brief pain inventory , pain assessment , prospective cohort study , physical therapy , chronic pain , anesthesia , pain management
Pain is a distressing symptom common to all stages and ubiquitous at all levels of care in cancer patients. However, there is a lack of scientific literature on prevalence, severity, predictors, and the quality of pain in cancer patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).