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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit.
Barr J, Fraser GL, Puntillo K, Ely EW, GĂ©linas C, Dasta JF, Davidson JE, Devlin JW, Kress JP, Joffe AM, Coursin DB, Herr DL, Tung A, Robinson BR, Fontaine DK, Ramsay MA, Riker RR, Sessler CN, Pun B, Skrobik Y, Jaeschke R; American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan;41(1):263-306.

Rationale for inclusion: Clinical practice guidelines for pain, agitation and delirium in the ICU.

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Use of a Behavioural Pain Scale to assess pain in ventilated, unconscious and/or sedated patients.
Young J, Siffleet J, Nikoletti S, Shaw T.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2006 Feb;22(1):32-9.

Rationale for inclusion: Although the numerical pain scale is most common, in sedated or non-communicative patients, the BPS is the current gold standard.

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