Open AccessPain assessment in the critically ill mechanically ventilated adult patients: Comparison between skin conductance algesimeter index and physiologic indicators
Author(s) -
Puneet Khanna,
Chandralekha Chandralekha,
Ravinder Kumar Pandey,
Ankur Sharma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_489_17
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , anesthesia , intensive care unit , observational study , heart rate , pain assessment , analgesic , sepsis , intensive care , blood pressure , intensive care medicine , surgery , pain management
Critically ill patients are unable to communicate effectively, so it is difficult to assess their pain and analgesic requirement. Skin conductance algesimeter (SCA) index is a device that primarily measures changes in skin conductance real time to assess pain.