Pain management in the surgical ICU patient : Current Opinion in Critical Care Pain management
in the surgical ICU patient : Current Opinion in Critical Care Log in or Register Subscribe to …

Introduction Many trauma centers have adopted multimodal pain protocols (MMPPs) to
provide safe and effective pain control. The objective was to evaluate the association of a …

Postoperative pain management in the critically ill patient is a challenge for nurses. Knowing
the physiologic basis for pain and its relief can assist the critical care nurse in making clinical …

Analgesia and hypnosis are two separate entities and should result in distinct assessment
and management for patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). Those patients are …

Abstract Purpose of Review The assessment and management of perioperative pain in an
intensive care setting is complex and challenging, requiring several patient-specific …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: According to the redefinition, acute pain is
a somatic experience, with individual perception of physical or existential threat, comprising …

In the postoperative pain setting, the use of opioid analgesics remains essential in achieving
effective analgesia and in avoiding the deleterious sequelae of uncontrolled pain that can …

Introduction Opioid use after surgery or trauma has been implicated as a contributing factor
to opioid dependence. The Acute Care Surgery (ACS) service at our community-based …

For the intensive care unit (ICU) practitioner, pain management has many unique
considerations and challenges. Critically ill patients often have multiple systemic disease …

Background Opioids are the mainstay of pain management in critically ill trauma patients.
However, the risks of opioid use mandate a different approach. Multimodal analgesia …