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Sensitivity and specificity of Critical Care Pain Observation Tool used for intubated patients following open-heart surgery

Authors: Atefeh Ghanbari, Nasrin Bahadorizadeh, Rabiollah Farmanbar, Ehsan Kazemnejad

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2016

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Pain is one of the most frequent/stressful symptoms reported by ICU patients [1]. Self-reporting is considered as the gold standard in the assessment of pain, and the priority for pain assessment is to have patients evaluate their pain themselves; therefore, the evaluation of pain in patients who are unable to communicate is a challenge for clinicians [2, 3]. …

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Title: Sensitivity and specificity of Critical Care Pain Observation Tool used for intubated patients following open-heart surgery
Authors: Atefeh Ghanbari
Nasrin Bahadorizadeh
Rabiollah Farmanbar
Ehsan Kazemnejad
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-4209-z

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