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"Pain relieved, but still struggling"-Critically ill patients experiences of pain and other discomforts during analgosedation.

Helene BerntzenIda Torunn BjørkHilde Wøien
Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2017)
Despite good pain relief during analgosedation, other discomforts were commonly described. Critically ill patients still experience an intensive care unit stay as a traumatic part of their illness trajectory. Nurses need to attend carefully also to discomforts other than pain.
Keyphrases
  • chronic pain
  • pain management
  • intensive care unit
  • neuropathic pain
  • mental health
  • spinal cord injury
  • healthcare
  • mechanical ventilation
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome