• Eur J Pain · Nov 2022

    Observational Study

    Investigation of behavioral pain scale, critical care pain observation tool, nociceptive flexion reflex and pupillary dilatation reflex as predictors of behavioral reactions to nociceptive procedures in critically ill patients unable to self-report pain.

    • Carlo Jurth, Valerie Zimmermann, Luisa Schaaf, Franziska Lezius, Viktor K Bublitz, Gregor Lichtner, and Falk von Dincklage.
    • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Charité Mitte und Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
    • Eur J Pain. 2022 Nov 1; 26 (10): 2074-2082.

    BackgroundProcedural pain is a common burden in critical care treatment and the prediction of nociceptive reactions remains challenging. Thus, we investigated the Behavioural Pain Scale (BPS), the Critical Pain Observational Tool (CPOT), the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR), the pupillary dilation reflex (PDR) and the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) as predictors of behavioural reactions to nociceptive procedures.MethodsIn this monocentric, prospective, observational study, we analysed data of 128 critically ill adults unable to self-report pain to investigate the predictability of behavioural reactions to two procedures: endotracheal suctioning and turning. Next to routine clinical data, CPOT, BPS, PDR, NFR, RASS, propofol and sufentanil doses were recorded before the procedures.ResultsFor endotracheal suctioning, NFR, BPS, CPOT and RASS showed predictive performances significantly better than chance, but none of them performed significantly better than the sufentanil dose rate. For turning, BPS, CPOT and RASS showed predictive performances significantly better than chance, but only the RASS performed significantly better than the propofol dose rate.ConclusionsBehavioural reactions to both investigated clinical procedures can be predicted by observational scales or nociceptive reflexes. For endotracheal suctioning, none of the predictors performed superior to using the sufentanil dose rate as a predictor. As using sufentanil as a predictor requires no extra effort in contrast to the other predictors, none of the here investigated tools seem advisable for predicting behavioural reactions to endotracheal suctioning. For patient turning, the RASS predicts reactions better than any other tool.SignificanceIn this observational study, we demonstrate that behavioural reactions to potentially nociceptive procedures in critical care treatment can be predicted by observational scales and nociceptive reflexes. However, for endotracheal suctioning, none of the predictors is superior to using the opioid dose rate as a predictor. For patient turning, the RASS predicts reactions better than any other parameters.© 2022 European Pain Federation - EFIC ®.

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