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Revista de la Sociedad Española del Dolor
versión impresa ISSN 1134-8046
Resumen
GARCIA-RAMIREZ, P.E. et al. Prevalence of pain in patients hospitalized at the Metabolic Intensive Care Unit with endotracheal intubation and sedation, measured with COMFORT scale. Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor [online]. 2018, vol.25, n.1, pp.7-12. ISSN 1134-8046. https://dx.doi.org/10.20986/resed.2017.3581/2017.
Introduction:
Pain is common in hospitalized patients in intensive care condition; however, it is underdiagnosed in patients who are unable to express it. Multiple scales have been validated worldwide to determine the level of pain in these patients; however there are a few trained personnel to apply them as well as lack of medical information about prevalence of pain in ICU.
Objectives:
To determine prevalence of pain in hospitalized patients at the Metabolic Intensive Care Unit, with oral intubation and under sedation.
Methods: Cohort study, descriptive, observational and prospective. Including all patients hospitalized in UCIM with oral intubation plus sedation, fulfilling inclusion criteria.
Results:
A total of 36 patients were included, 77.7 % were male. Age ranged between 18 and 71 years old with 51 in average and standard deviation of 14.05. 86 % of patients were admitted for surgical pathology and 75 % were treated with analgesic combination therapy. Prevalence of pain measured with COMFORT scale was 69.4 %.
Conclusion:
Prevalence of pain in our intubated patients under intravenous sedation is same to that reported in the literature, with level of sedation as a main factor associated to increase the presence of pain.
Palabras clave : Pain; intensive therapy; intubation; sedation.