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Alhawaj, F., Alghazal, Z., Alonazi, M., Alahmadi, N., Abdulmajed, A., Alhijab, A., Malawi, I., Baarimah, S., Towairqi, A. (2017). Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(4), 2323-2328. doi: DOI : 10.12816/0041536
Fatimah Abdulwahab Alhawaj; ZohairRadi Alghazal; Mohammed Saleh Alonazi; Nura Nasser Alahmadi; Almutari Abdulmajed; Ali Mohammed Alhijab; Imtinan Abdulrahman Malawi; Sohaib Osama Baarimah; Abdulhadi salem Towairqi. "Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69, 4, 2017, 2323-2328. doi: DOI : 10.12816/0041536
Alhawaj, F., Alghazal, Z., Alonazi, M., Alahmadi, N., Abdulmajed, A., Alhijab, A., Malawi, I., Baarimah, S., Towairqi, A. (2017). 'Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(4), pp. 2323-2328. doi: DOI : 10.12816/0041536
Alhawaj, F., Alghazal, Z., Alonazi, M., Alahmadi, N., Abdulmajed, A., Alhijab, A., Malawi, I., Baarimah, S., Towairqi, A. Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017; 69(4): 2323-2328. doi: DOI : 10.12816/0041536

Management of Pain in The Intensive Care Unit

Article 23, Volume 69, Issue 4, Autumn 2017, Page 2323-2328  XML PDF (211.82 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: DOI : 10.12816/0041536
Authors
Fatimah Abdulwahab Alhawaj1; ZohairRadi Alghazal1; Mohammed Saleh Alonazi2; Nura Nasser Alahmadi3; Almutari Abdulmajed4; Ali Mohammed Alhijab1; Imtinan Abdulrahman Malawi5; Sohaib Osama Baarimah6; Abdulhadi salem Towairqi7
1Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
2Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University
3Taibah University
4Semmelwies University
5Batterjee Medical College
6Umm Al-Qura University
7University of Jeddah
Abstract
Background: Pain assessment in ICU patients turns out to be a daily challenge for the attending teams, particularly in those patients who are intubated endotracheally; on mechanical ventilation or analgosedated as such patients are unable to self-assess existence and intensity of pain. Guidelines to identify pain in these patients are crucial for physicians for effective management.
Methodology: We conducted this review using a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE, January 1994, through March 2017. The following search terms were used: pain management in ICU, pain in ICU, pain assessment by behavior, pain assessment in intubated patients.
Aim: Our aim in this study was to understand how to assess and manage pain in an intensive care unit patient, particularly those patients who are unable to self-report or assess.
Conclusion: Physical clues given by comatose or intubated patients in critical care unit must be used as a method to identify existence of pain, and must be managed effectively to decrease discomfort and prevent short and long term adverse effects.
 
 
Keywords
Intensive care unit pain assessment; ICU pain management; guidelines to pain management
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