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Monday 29 April 2013

Decreasing severe pain and serious adverse events while moving intensive care unit patients

Decreasing severe pain and serious adverse events while moving intensive care unit patients: a prospective interventional study. Critical care, 2013, 17: R74.

de Jong, A., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/R74/abstract

A quality-improvement project was conducted to reduce severe pain and stress-related events while moving ICU-patients. The Plan-Do-Check-Adjust cycle was studied during four one-month phases, separated by five-month interphases. All consecutive patients staying more than 24 hours were evaluated every morning while being moved for nursing care (bathing, massage, sheet-change, repositioning). 


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