My friend and former division chief Dr. Jim Besunder talks about evidence based assessment of pain and agitation #SCCM2022#PedsICU#PANDEM 1/
Besunder - while self report is the gold standard, the age, acuity and interventions of the #PedsICU patient make this often not useful. Many other tools aren't validated in the population. 2 that work well are Oucher and Wong Baker #SCCM2022 2/
The guidelines recommend using self report tools when possible, the FLACC or COMFORT-B in non-communicative patients. Avoid use of VS alone to assess pain. #SCCM2022#PedsICU 3/
