Rodrigo C Menezes, Raissa L O Silva, María B Arriaga, Isabella B B Ferreira, Thomas A Carmo, Victor R da Silva, Matheus L Otero, André L N Gobatto, Sydney Agareno, Nivaldo M Filgueiras Filho, Kevan M Akrami, Bruno B Andrade
Introduction: Unrecognized pain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), due to inadequate assessment and therapeutic management, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Despite the availability of validated pain monitoring tools, such as the Critical-Care Pain Observational Tool (CPOT), these scales are not commonly used in clinical practice, with healthcare professionals often relying on their clinical impression. Our study aims to determine the agreement between the pain examination performed by ICU professionals and the CPOT...
2022: Front Pain Res (Lausanne)