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

• Главные авторы: Dusica M. Stamenkovic (Автор), Helen Laycock (Автор), Menelaos Karanikolas (Автор), Nebojsa Gojko Ladjevic (Автор), Vojislava Neskovic (Автор), Carsten Bantel (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...