Chronic pian in intensive care unit surviviors: incidence, characteristics and side-effects up to one-year post-discharge.

CONCLUSION: Chronic pain is associated with morbidity in intensive care unit survivors. Pain interference, but not pain intensity, improved significantly in the first year after discharge. Further multi-centre research is required to elucidate the chronic pain experience. PMID: 31032523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31032523?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - April 30, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research