Julien Caugant : Connect in order to contact the contributor. Search Access content directly Footer. Sign in. Search Loading Search using SolR syntax. Search using SolR syntax Run the search. Journal Articles Critical Care Year : Risk factors and events in the adult intensive care unit associated with pain as self-reported at the end of the intensive care unit stay.
CH de Troyes France Centre Hospitalier Victor Provo France Centre Hospitalier de Lens France Pharmacologie des anti-infectieux. Abstract en. The short-term and long-term consequences of the most frequent painful procedures performed in the ICU are unclear.
This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with pain-related discomfort perceived by critically ill patients during the whole ICU stay as self-reported by patients at the end of their ICU stay.
Methods The study involved 34 ICUs. Adult patients who survived an ICU stay of 3 calendar days or more were eligible for inclusion. Patients scored each item from 0 minimal discomfort to 10 maximal discomfort.
Associations between patient characteristics at ICU admission, life support therapies and main potentially painful procedures performed during the ICU stay and pain-related discomfort scores assessed at the end of the ICU stay were analyzed. The median pain-related discomfort score was 3 IQR 0β5. From the univariate analysis, pain-related discomfort scores were negatively correlated with age and positively correlated with ICU stay duration; surgical patients reported significant higher pain-related discomfort scores than medical patients; chest drain insertion, chest drain removal, use of bladder catheter, central venous catheter CVC insertion, complex dressing change, and intra-hospital transport were associated with pain-related discomfort scores.
