A prospective comparison between multidisciplinary healthcare providers' clinical examination and a validated pain scale.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Unrecognized pain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), due to inadequate assessment and therapeutic management, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the availability of validated pain monitoring tools, such as the Critical-Care Pain Observational Tool (CPOT), these scales are not commonly used in clinical practice, with healthcare professionals often relying on their clinical impression. Our study aims to determine the agreement between the pain examination performed by ICU professionals and the CPOT.

Methods

Prospective cohort study that included critically ill patients and physicians, nurses and physiotherapists from an ICU in Bahia, Brazil. During bedside clinical rounds, the CPOT score was applied to assess the pain of hospitalized pati

SUBMITTER: Menezes RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9411743 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature