Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , February 2006

Use of a Behavioural Pain Scale to assess pain in ventilated, unconscious and/or sedated patients

  • Jeanne Young

      Affiliations

    • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Nursing Research, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    • Edith Cowan University, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 8 9346 2561; fax: +61 8 9346 4965.
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  • Jo Siffleet

      Affiliations

    • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Nursing Research, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    • ,
  • Sue Nikoletti

      Affiliations

    • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Nursing Research, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    • Edith Cowan University, Australia
    • ,
  • Thérèse Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Centre for Nursing Research, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
    • Edith Cowan University, Australia

,Accepted 26 April 2005.

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PII: S0964-3397(05)00061-3

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.04.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , February 2006

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