Chronic Pain and Chronic Opioid Use After Intensive Care Discharge - Is It Time to Change Practice?

• Hauptverfasser: Dusica M. Stamenkovic (Verfasst von), Helen Laycock (Verfasst von), Menelaos Karanikolas (Verfasst von), Nebojsa Gojko Ladjevic (Verfasst von), Vojislava Neskovic (Verfasst von), Carsten Bantel (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Almost half of patients treated on intensive care unit (ICU) experience moderate to severe pain. Managing pain in the critically ill patient is challenging, as their pain is complex with multiple causes. Pharmacological treatment often focuses on opioids, and over a prolonged admission this can repr...