Assessment of Pain in the Critically Ill

The measurement of clinical pain intensity: a comparison of six methods

1986 • 3,120 citations

MEASUREMENT OF PAIN

1999 • 682 citations

Correlation of patient and caregiver ratings of cancer pain

1991 • 431 citations

Validity of a verbally administered numeric rating scale to measure cancer pain intensity

1997 • 418 citations

Pain measurement and assessment

1984 • 370 citations

Nurses' knowledge of pain assessment and management: How much progress have we made?

1997 • 313 citations

Comparison of selected pain assessment tools for use with the elderly

1993 • 306 citations

Pain experiences of intensive care unit patients.

1990 • 284 citations

Relationships between nurses' observations and patients' self-reports of pain

1983 • 271 citations

Relationship between behavioral and physiological indicators of pain, critical care patients' self-reports of pain, and opioid administration

1997 • 233 citations

Comparative study of methods of measuring acute pain intensity in an ED

1998 • 213 citations

Patientsʼ recollection of intensive care unit experience

1990 • 199 citations

Review of Pain-Measurement Tools☆☆☆★

1996 • 195 citations

Comprehensive and multidimensional assessment and measurement of pain

1992 • 168 citations

Measurement of pain: The psychometric properties of the Pain-O-Meter, a simple, inexpensive pain assessment tool that could change health care practices

1996 • 167 citations

Reassessment of verbal and visual analog ratings in analgesic studies

1985 • 166 citations

Pain assessment and management in critically ill postoperative and trauma patients: a multisite study

1999 • 123 citations

The faces pain scale: Reliability and validity with mature adults

1998 • 109 citations

Assessing pain in elderly patients who cannot respond verbally

1995 • 108 citations

Concerns about reporting pain and using analgesics. A comparison of persons with and without cancer.

1994 • 101 citations

A pilot study to assess the relationship between behavioral manifestations and self-report of pain in postanesthesia care unit patients.

1992 • 91 citations

Concerns about reporting pain and using analgesics

1994 • 82 citations

Pain and pain-related side effects in an ICU and on a surgical unit: nurses' management

1994 • 76 citations

Qualitative analysis of patients' work during mechanical ventilation and weaning

1997 • 76 citations

Comparison of patients?? ratings and examination of nurses?? responses to pain intensity rating scales

1995 • 68 citations

Pain and distress among elderly intensive care unit patients: Comparison of patients' experiences and nurses' assessments

1998 • 65 citations

Evaluating persistent pain in long term care residents: what role for pain maps?

1998 • 63 citations

Patients’vs nurses’ assessments of postoperative pain and anxiety during patient- or nurse-controlled analgesia

1999 • 58 citations

Analogue chromatic continuous scale (ACCS): a new method for pain assessment.

1983 • 57 citations

Chest tube removal practices in critical care units in the United States

1995 • 45 citations

The phenomenon of pain and critical care nursing.

1988 • 44 citations

Pediatric. Tolerance, dependence, and strategies for compassionate withdrawal of analgesics and anxiolytics in the pediatric ICU

1996 • 43 citations

Pain Evaluation in the Intensive Care Unit

1998 • 42 citations

Determining AACN's research priorities for the 90s

1993 • 39 citations

Postoperative pain management for the cognitively impaired older adult.

1997 • 35 citations

Elderly patients' experiences of pain and distress in intensive care: a grounded theory study

1994 • 33 citations

Myocardial infarction pain: systematic description and analysis

1991 • 32 citations

A survey of pediatric critical care nurses' knowledge of pain management

1997 • 29 citations

Improving Pain Management in Critical Care

1996 • 28 citations

Principles of acute pain assessment

1995 • 28 citations

Behavioral responses and self-reported pain in postoperative patients.

1994 • 21 citations

Pain Assessment: The Problem of Pain in the Critically Ill Patient

1991 • 21 citations

A Study of Discomfort and Confusion Among Elderly Surgical Patients

1996 • 20 citations

Research Utilization in Critical Care: An Exemplar

1994 • 18 citations

Patients' perceptions of stressors in intensive care and coronary care units.

1989 • 18 citations

Promoting Sleep and Rest in Critically Ill Patients

1995 • 17 citations

The complexity of pain assessment and management in the first 24 hours after cardiac surgery: implications for nurses. Part 2

1996 • 16 citations

Pain: Advances and Issues in Critical Care

1987 • 13 citations

Reducing the effects of acute pain in critically ill patients

1999 • 12 citations

Pharmacologic Symptom Control During the Withdrawal of Life Support: Lessons in Palliative Care

1995 • 11 citations

Pain Management in the Critically Ill: What Do We Know and How Can We Improve?

1994 • 10 citations

Intra-aortic balloon pumping and stress in the coronary care unit.

1985 • 9 citations

Procedural Distress in Critical Care Settings

1995 • 8 citations

Pain assessment in elders: practical tips.

1997 • 8 citations

Assessment and Management of the Trauma Patient in Pain

1989 • 8 citations

The complexity of pain assessment and management in the first 24 hours after cardiac surgery: implications for nurses. Part I

1996 • 7 citations

Controlling Pain Assessing pain in a confused or nonverbal patient

1999 • 6 citations

Effective Pain Management

1998 • 5 citations

Pain Management

1990 • 5 citations

Benefits of Continuous Support During Labor

1998 • 4 citations

Pain management at the end of life: a critical care perspective.

1998 • 1 citations