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<bold>Introduction.</bold> In 2018, another update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobilization and Sleep Disorders in Adult Patients Treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) was released.
<bold>Aim.</bold> The study is aimed at presenting current recommendations concerning pain management in patients treated in ICU, and presenting the algorithm of pain assessment and monitoring in patients treated in ICU, using a Polish version of the BPS (Behavioural Pain Scale). The guidelines were prepared based on a systematic review of the literature published in the years 2013-2018.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The search for scientific publications was carried out using electronic databases in English and Polish. The following keywords and their combinations were used in the searches: pain, assessment, monitoring, nurse, intensive care, adult patient, unable to communicate. Initially, 758 papers were identified with the use of keywords. After excluding duplicates and preliminary checking and selecting the titles of publications and abstracts, 85 papers were qualified for the analysis of full text.
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Access to effective pain treatment is a fundamental human right. Recommendations of the Polish Association of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses, concerning pain monitoring in ICU using a Polish version of the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS), developed by the Task Force for Practice, are intended to provide a specific guideline for developing effective local pain management strategies in ICU.
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Introduction. In 2018, another update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobilization and Sleep Disorders in Adult Patients Treated in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) was released.
Aim. The study is aimed at presenting current recommendations concerning pain management in patients treated in ICU, and presenting the algorithm of pain assessment and monitoring in patients treated in ICU, using a Polish version of the BPS (Behavioural Pain Scale). The guidelines were prepared based on a systematic review of the literature published in the years 2013-2018.
Material and methods. The search for scientific publications was carried out using electronic databases in English and Polish. The following keywords and their combinations were used in the searches: pain, assessment, monitoring, nurse, intensive care, adult patient, unable to communicate. Initially, 758 papers were identified with the use of keywords. After excluding duplicates and preliminary checking and selecting the titles of publications and abstracts, 85 papers were qualified for the analysis of full text.
Conclusions. Access to effective pain treatment is a fundamental human right. Recommendations of the Polish Association of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses, concerning pain monitoring in ICU using a Polish version of the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS), developed by the Task Force for Practice, are intended to provide a specific guideline for developing effective local pain management strategies in ICU.

Recommendations of the Polish Association of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses on pain monitoring in Intensive Care Units using a Polish version of the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS)

Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Nursing

Department of Anaesthesiology Nursing & Intensive Care, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. In 2018, another update of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium,...

Recommendations of the Polish Association of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses on pain monitoring in Intensive Care Units using a Polish version of the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS)

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Mai 2021

Seitenbereich: 136 - 146

Eingereicht: 02. Sept. 2020

Akzeptiert: 29. Dez. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0019

Schlüsselwörter
pain assessment, guidelines, intensive care unit

© 2021 Aleksandra Gutysz-Wojnicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Recommendations of the Polish Association of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Nurses on pain monitoring in Intensive Care Units using a Polish version of the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS)

Online veröffentlicht: 26. Mai 2021

Seitenbereich: 136 - 146

Eingereicht: 02. Sept. 2020

Akzeptiert: 29. Dez. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2021-0019

Schlüsselwörterpain assessment, guidelines, intensive care unit

© 2021 Aleksandra Gutysz-Wojnicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
pain assessment, guidelines, intensive care unit