[Pain and fear in the ICU]

Med Intensiva. 2015 Oct;39(7):442-4. doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 Jun 18.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Pain and fear are still the most common memories that refer patients after ICU admission. Recently an important politician named the UCI as the branch of the hell. It is necessary to carry out profound changes in terms of direct relationships with patients and their relatives, as well as changes in environmental design and work and visit organization, to banish the vision that our society about the UCI. In a step which advocates for early mobilization of critical patients is necessary to improve analgesia and sedation strategies. The ICU is the best place for administering and monitoring analgesic drugs. The correct analgesia should not be a pending matter of the intensivist but a mandatory course.

Keywords: Analgesia; Dolor; Early mobilization; Fear; ICU; Miedo; Movilización precoz; Pain; Sedación; Sedation; UCI.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesia / statistics & numerical data
  • Analgesics / therapeutic use
  • Critical Care / psychology*
  • Early Ambulation / adverse effects
  • Early Ambulation / psychology
  • Fear*
  • Health Facility Environment
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / therapeutic use
  • Pain Management / psychology
  • Pain*
  • Patient Comfort*
  • Patients / psychology*

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Neuromuscular Blocking Agents