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Lombart B, Cimerman P, Guiot C, Gayet V, Sanglier IS, Sansac M, Avignon S, Boulet E, Lay F, Geoffroy L, Mauboussin-Carlos S, Guy-Coichard C, Guilly E, Bouchart C. NursPainPrevent: A Prospective Observational Study on Pain During a Bed Bath. Pain Manag Nurs 2024:S1524-9042(24)00223-6. [PMID: 39299848 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2024.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND Although bed baths are known to cause pain, the engendered pain frequency and intensity remain poorly studied. This prospective, observational study was undertaken to examine prospectively, on a given day, patients' bed bath-associated pain in the general in-hospital population. METHODS Eight external investigators observed 166 bed baths given in 23 units in 5 hospitals. Using validated assessment scales specific to the patients' clinical situations, they established pain scores. RESULTS Expert observers rated bed bath-induced pain as moderate-to-severe for 48% of the patients, among whom 51.9% had not received prophylactic analgesia prior to the procedure. Only 7.2% benefited from evaluation with a validated pain scale. Astute attention-distraction techniques were applied to shift attention during 16.8% of the bed baths. Caregivers used verbal guidance for 85% of the procedures, and adapted touch and rhythm of the gestures for 84.3%. CONCLUSION Bed baths generate moderate-to-severe pain intensity. Evaluation and recourse to analgesia remain insufficient despite caregivers' attention accorded to patient comfort and positioning. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS The results of this study could contribute to sensitizing professionals to preventing pain linked with routine nursing care. Four axes for improvement were highlighted: evaluation improvement, analgesia, nonpharmacological approaches, and adapted mobilization techniques.
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- Bénédicte Lombart
- Coordination des Soins, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France.
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- Centre National de Ressource de lutte contre la Douleur (CNRD), Hôpital Trousseau, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Centre d'Evalaution et de Traitement de la Douleur (CETD), Hôpital Trousseau, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Tenon, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Tenon, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Equipe Mobile Douleur et Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Tenon, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Hôpital La Roche Guyon, Groupe Hospitalier Sorbonne Université, APHP, Paris, France.
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- Centre d'Evalaution et de Traitement de la Douleur (CETD), Hôpital Trousseau, APHP, Paris, France.
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Eti Aslan F, Çinar F, Hayat D. Evaluation of Pain During Endotracheal Aspiration in Intensive Care Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19. Pain Manag Nurs 2024; 25:e45-e49. [PMID: 37827865 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Endotracheal aspiration, a procedure that is particularly painful for intensive care patients, has received little attention in terms of pain evaluation specifically among intubated patients with COVID-19 in intensive care. AIM The study aims to assess the level of pain experienced by intubated intensive care patients diagnosed with COVID-19 during an endotracheal aspiration procedure. METHOD The study population was composed of patients admitted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the specified hospital between February and March 2021. Of the 56 patients admitted during that period, 47 were contacted and participated in the study. These 47 intubated and sedated patients were evaluated for 94 different expressions of pain during endotracheal aspiration twice a day before and during the procedure. Data were collected using the patient descriptive information form, the Non-Verbal Pain Scale for adults and data observation record form. RESULTS In the study, pain behavior was observed in 54.2% (n = 51) of the 94 observations. The patients were found to experience mild pain with an average score of 3.6 ± 1.07 on the Non-Verbal Pain Scale. The mean pain score before the procedure was found to be significantly different from the mean pain score during the procedure (p < .05), with an increase in pain during the procedure. During the procedure, 33.3% (n = 17) of the patients had a 10% decreased SpO2, and 29.4% (n = 15) had an increase in systolic blood pressure (>20), pulse (>20), and respiration (>10). Additionally, 21.5% (n = 11) of the patients experienced severe incompatibility with the ventilator, and 15.68% had muscle tension. CONCLUSIONS The study findings showed that nonverbal pain scores of sedated and intubated intensive care patients diagnosed with COVID-19 increased during endotracheal aspiration, accompanied by physiologic pain indicators. Effective pain management should be a priority for nurses. It is important to remember that patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit may experience pain while sedated and intubated. A holistic approach should be adopted for the evaluation and relief of pain in these patients. Intensive care nurses should consider physiologic and nonverbal behavioral pain indicators when evaluating pain in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
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- Fatma Eti Aslan
- Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Nişantaşı University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Kocaeli University Research and Application Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
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Ghayem H, Heidari MR, Aghaei B, Norouzadeh R. The Effect of Training the Nonverbal Pain Scale (NVPS) on the Ability of Nurses to Monitor the Pain of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023; 27:195-200. [PMID: 36960117 PMCID: PMC10028721 DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Introduction Pain in the intensive care unit is a silent fact. Considering the positive features of the nonverbal pain scale (NVPS) in assessing the pain of non-verbal patients, this study investigates the effect of training the NVPS on the ability of nurses to monitor the pain of patients in the intensive care unit. Materials and methods In this semi-experimental study, the effect of the NVPS training on the ability of 50 intensive care unit (ICU) nurses of Imam Khomeini Hospital affiliated to Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences was investigated. At first, the ability to diagnose the presence and intensity of pain was checked by a checklist. Then the nurses were taught how to use the scale correctly. After 2 weeks of training completion, the ability to correctly use the scale was measured again. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (McNemar, Chi-squared, paired t-test, and Fisher's exact test) in SPSS software version 16. Results After the training on the non-verbal pain scale, there was a significant difference between the intervention and control groups in diagnosing the presence of pain related to changing the patient's position (p = 0.023). Also, nurses ability to diagnose pain intensity during airway suction increased fourfold and for physiotherapy procedures twice as much as before training. Conclusion Nonverbal pain scale training improves ICU nurses ability in diagnosing the presence and severity of pain in nonverbal patients. How to cite this article Ghayem H, Heidari MR, Aghaei B, Norouzadeh R. The Effect of Training the Nonverbal Pain Scale (NVPS) on the Ability of Nurses to Monitor the Pain of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(3):195-200.
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- Heydar Ghayem
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical-surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
- Reza Norouzadeh, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Phone: +98(21) 51212147, e-mail:
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ASSESSMENT OF PROCEDURAL PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Pain Manag Nurs 2022; 23:596-601. [PMID: 35418331 PMCID: PMC8919865 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2022.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Aim The purpose of the study was to assess the level of procedural pain in patients treated in the COVID-19 intensive care unit, in a tertiary university hospital. Method We performed the procedural pain assessment of COVID-19 patients in this study, and 162 (93.6 %) of 173 hospitalized patients assessed during this period. While pain was assessed before, during, and at the 20th minute after endotracheal aspiration, wound care, and position change, which are procedural patient practices, the pain was assessed before, during, and up to the fourth hour after prone positioning, high-flow oxygen therapy (HFOT), and the non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) procedure. The Numerical Pain Scale was used for conscious patients in pain assessment, while the Behavioral Pain Scale and the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale were used for unconscious patients. Results Patients who underwent endotracheal aspiration, wound care, and positioning had higher pain levels during procedure than other time points. Patients in the prone position with HFOT and NIMV applied had the highest pain scores at fourth hour after procedure; this increase was statistically significant (p = .000, p < .05). Conclusions The study found that COVID-19 patients in the ICU had pain due to procedural practices and that the level of pain during the procedures was higher because endotracheal aspiration, wound care, and positioning were all short-term procedures. Moreover, prone positioning was found to be associated with pressure-related tissue damage, and patients' pain levels increased with the increasing duration of HFOT and NIMV procedure.
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Mohanty C, Radhakrishnan R, Singh N, Das S, Akelia S. Ultrasound-guided superficial peroneal nerve block: A simple technique for procedural analgesia during dorsalis pedis arterial cannulation. Saudi J Anaesth 2022; 16:518-519. [PMID: 36337386 PMCID: PMC9630702 DOI: 10.4103/sja.sja_227_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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