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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Dusica M. Stamenkovic (लेखक), Helen Laycock (लेखक), Menelaos Karanikolas (लेखक), Nebojsa Gojko Ladjevic (लेखक), Vojislava Neskovic (लेखक), Carsten Bantel (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...