Differences in pain patterns for infected and noninfected patients with burn injuriesShow others and affiliations
2006 (English)In: Pain Management Nursing, ISSN 1524-9042, E-ISSN 1532-8635, Vol. 7, no 4, p. 176-182Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The management of pain is a primary issue in burn care. Patients hospitalized for burn injuries experience severe pain on a daily basis, immediately after the injury and during the healing of the burn wound. Our clinical experience is that the intensity of pain is increased by wound infection. The purpose of this study was to investigate retrospectively whether patients experience increased pain intensity in conjunction with wound infection. A total of 165 patients with burn injuries were included, 60 of whom were diagnosed with infection. The results of this study showed a significant increase in pain intensity in association with infection. An increase in pain is one of the factors to be considered among the many assessments, tests, and treatments for patients with burn injuries.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. Vol. 7, no 4, p. 176-182
Keywords [en]
Abbreviated Injury Scale; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Attitude to Health; Burns; Cross Infection; Female; Hospitals, University; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nurse's Role; Nursing Assessment; Nursing Evaluation Research; Nursing Methodology Research; Pain; Pain Measurement; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sweden; Wound Infection
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Nursing Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-36352DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2006.09.002ISI: 000242909800008PubMedID: -Scopus ID: -OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-36352DiVA, id: diva2:745748
2014-09-112014-09-022023-01-20Bibliographically approved