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Inter-Professional-Compassionate pain management during endotracheal suctioning: a valuable lesson from a Chinese surgical intensive care unit Cover

Inter-Professional-Compassionate pain management during endotracheal suctioning: a valuable lesson from a Chinese surgical intensive care unit

Frontiers of Nursing
Volume 9 (2022): Issue 1 (March 2022)
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|Apr 2022
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Table 1

Level of Pain Presence (CPOT Scores) of the Study Participants in the Control and Intervention Groups (N = 52).

CPOT scoresnMedian (0–8)IQRMean RankMin–MaxMann–Whitney U Test
zP
Before ETS0.001.000
  Intervention group260–26.500
  Usual care group260–26.500
During ETS−5.970.000
  Intervention group262114.311–3
  Usual care group264138.693–6
Immediately after ETS−5.940.000
  Intervention group260014.980–1
  Usual care group261138.020–3
5 min after ETS−2.060.039
  Intervention group260–24.500
  Usual care group260028.500–2
15 min after ETS0.001.000
  Intervention group260–26.500
  Usual care group260026.500

[i] Note: CPOT, Critical-Care Pain Observation Tools; ETS, Endotracheal tube suctioning; IQR, interquartile range.

Table 2

Level of Agitation (RASS Scores) of the Study Participants in the Control and Intervention Groups (N = 52).

RASS scoresnMedian (0+4)IQRMean RankMin–MaxMann–Whitney U Test
zP
Before ETS0.001.000
  Intervention group260–26.500
  Usual care group260–26.500
During ETS–3.050.002
  Intervention group261122.500–1
  Usual care group261–30.501
Immediately after ETS–3.910.000
  Intervention group260–20.500
  Usual care group260132.500–1
5 min after ETS0.001.000
  Intervention group260–26.500
  Usual care group260–26.500
15 min after ETS0.001.000
  Intervention group260–26.500
  Usual care group260–26.500

[i] Note: ETS, Endotracheal tube suctioning; IQR, interquartile range; RASS, Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
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Language: English
Page range: 19 - 27
Submitted on: Feb 13, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 21, 2021
Published on: Apr 13, 2022
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
agitation,
China,
endotracheal tube suctioning,
intensive care unit,
pain management,
pain presence
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Assistive professions, nursing

© 2022 Qian-Wen Ruan, Maneewat Khomapak, Hathairat Sangchan, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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