Open AccessComparison between critical-care pain observation tool and physiologic indicators for pain assessment in the critically ill, mechanically ventilated adult patients
Author(s) -
Puneet Khanna,
Ravinder Kumar Pandey,
Chandralekha Chandralekha,
Ankur Sharma,
Neha Pangasa
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_642_17
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , critically ill , intensive care , blood pressure , pain assessment , observational study , heart rate , pain scale , sepsis , mechanical ventilation , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , pain management
Pain assessment of nonverbal, critically ill patients continues to present a challenge in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) rates critically ill patients' pain based on clinical observation. In the present study, the accuracy of CPOT was compared with physiological indicators of pain in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients.