Open AccessObjective Assessment of Acute Pain
Author(s) -
Helen Laycock,
Carsten Bantel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of anesthesia and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2155-6148
DOI - 10.4172/2155-6148.1000630
Subject(s) - omics , medicine , acute pain , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , bioinformatics , biology
Assessing acute pain in those unable to communicate is challenging yet essential. Objective assessment tools utilizing measures derived from autonomic changes alone or in combination appear to represent a potential solution to this difficult aspect of pain management