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
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.
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