D Häske, B W Böttiger, B Bouillon, M Fischer, Gernot Gaier, B Gliwitzky, M Helm, P Hilbert-Carius, B Hossfeld, B Schempf, A Wafaisade, M Bernhard
Adequate analgesia is one of the most important measures of emergency care in addition to treatment of vital function disorders and, if indicated, should be promptly undertaken; however, a large proportion of emergency patients receive no or only inadequate pain therapy. The numeric rating scale (NRS) is recommended for pain assessment but is not applicable to every group of patients; therefore, vital signs and body language should be included in the assessment. Pain therapy should reduce the NPRS to <5 points...
February 2020: Der Anaesthesist