ReviewBritish journal of anaesthesia2019
Chronic pain in critical care survivors: a narrative review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuropathic pain associated with coronavirus disease 2019.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2023Pooled it
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- "A story with gaps": An interpretative phenomenological analysis of ICU survivors' experience.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Incidence and Associated Factors for Chronic Pain After ICU Discharge: A Prospective Study.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Trajectories of sepsis survivors in Australia: A scoping review.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026Article
- A genomic structural equation modelling study elucidates shared genetic architecture of polygenic traits associated with post-intensive care syndrome.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Early Markers of Systemic Inflammation are not Related to Pain Burden After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Observational Study.Neurocritical care · 2026Observational
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: From Diagnosis To Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Nociception and pain assessment during suctioning procedures in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit: A validation study of the Nociception Level index (NOL™).Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Article
- Post-intensive care syndrome: a state-of-the-art review.Singapore medical journal · 2026Review
- [Challenge healthcare system: spotlight on PICS].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Review
- Characterization of postintensive care syndrome in a prospective cohort of survivors of COVID-19 critical illness: a 12-month follow-up study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Article
- Pain and psychopathology after intensive care unit admission.Anaesthesia and intensive care · 2024Article
- Long-term Pain Symptomatology in PICU Survivors Aged 8-18 Years.Hospital pediatrics · 2023Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of significant persistent pain symptoms after critical care illness: a prospective multicentric study.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Article
- Could the fibromyalgia syndrome be triggered or enhanced by COVID-19?Inflammopharmacology · 2023Review
- Protocol for Development and Validation of Multivariable Prediction Models for Chronic Postsurgical Pain Following Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Prediction of patient choice tendency in medical decision-making based on machine learning algorithm.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Prevalence Six Months after Critical Covid-19: Comparison between First and Second Waves.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Postintensive care syndrome in COVID-19. Unicentric pilot study. Calm does not come after the storm.Medicina clinica (English ed.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Chronic pain is an important problem after critical care admission. Estimates of the prevalence of chronic pain in the year after discharge range from 14% to 77% depending on the type of cohort, the tool used to measure pain, and the time point when pain was assessed. The majority of data available come from studies using health-related quality of life tools, although some have included pain-specific tools. Nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain can occur in critical care survivors, but limited information about the aetiology, body site, and temporal trajectory of pain is currently available. Older age, pre-existing pain, and medical co-morbidity have been associated with pain after critical care admission. No trials were identified of interventions to target chronic pain in survivors specifically. Larger studies, using pain-specific tools, over an extended follow-up period are required to confirm the prevalence, identify risk factors, explore any association between acute and chronic pain in this setting, determine the underlying pathological mechanisms, and inform the development of future analgesic interventions.
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