April 3, 2017 - A new Behavior Pain Assessment Tool (BPAT) provides a simple way to evaluate pain in critically ill patients--including those who aren't able to communicate their pain verbally, ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has issued a “Practice Alert” with evidence-based recommendations to assess pain in critically ill patients. • Attempt to obtain the patient’s ...

Attempt to obtain the patient's self-report, the single most reliable indicator of pain. Do not assume that a patient cannot report pain; many cognitively impaired patients are able to use a ...

Those with migraine had had pain for at least 12 months and the acute pain group had undergone orthopedic surgery within the past 24 hours. Pain intensity was measured with numeric and verbal rating ...

Background Upper and lower limb (peripheral) pain is prevalent in athletes. Contemporary research prioritises multidimensional pain assessment and classification. This study aims to review ...

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort. For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird ...

The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating scale is a self-assessment tool that helps communication about physical pain. It uses a combination of faces, numbers, and words, providing multiple ways for a person ...

For decades, biomedical researchers have used mouse behavior to study pain, but some researchers have questioned the accuracy of the interpretations of how mice experience pain. Now, Rutgers ...