Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Oct 2007
Management of pain in cardiac surgery ICU patients: have we improved over time?
This study described the pain experience of cardiac surgery ICU patients. After their transfer to the surgical unit, 93 patients were interviewed using a questionnaire about their pain experience while they were in the ICU. Sixty-one patients (65.6%) recalled being ventilated and 72 patients (77.4%) recalled having pain. ⋯ Pain experiences of intensive care unit patients. Heart Lung 1990;19:526-33]. Evidence from research about clinical guidelines for pain management needs to be applied to the care of cardiac surgery patients in order to reduce patient suffering.