The association of severe pain experienced in the pediatric intensive care unit and postdischarge health-related quality of life: A retrospective cohort study.

Mallory B SmithElizabeth Y KillienLeslie A DervanFrederick P RivaraNoel S WeissRobert Scott Watson

Published in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2022)

Children who experience severe pain in the pediatric intensive care unit have lower postdischarge health-related quality of life adjusting for baseline health-related quality of life, particularly among children who have undergone surgery. Attention to pain management may be important to improve postdischarge health-related quality of life.

Keyphrases

pain management
intensive care unit
chronic pain
young adults
minimally invasive
early onset
mechanical ventilation
working memory
neuropathic pain
coronary artery bypass
drug induced
spinal cord
surgical site infection
percutaneous coronary intervention
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation