Validation of the Brazilian version of Behavioral Pain Scale in adult sedated and mechanically ventilated patients

Background and objectives: The Behavioral Pain Scale is a pain assessment tool for uncommunicative and sedated Intensive Care Unit patients. The lack of a Brazilian scale for pain assessment in adults mechanically ventilated justifies the relevance of this study that aimed to validate the Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Isabela Freire Azevedo-Santos, Iura Gonzalez Nogueira Alves, Manoel Luiz de Cerqueira Neto, Daniel Badauê-Passos, Valter Joviniano Santana-Filho, Josimari Melo de Santana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001416300380