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  1. Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Kathleen Puntillo

  2. Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Céline Gélinas

  3. Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Saint Eloi Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Gerald Chanques

  4. PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM U1046, CNRS UMR 9214, Montpellier, France

    Gerald Chanques

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Take-home message: Knowledge about pain in ICU patients has advanced considerably over the past several years. Analysis of the limitations and gaps in this prior research provides direction for research that could lead to improvements in the comfort of ICU patients.

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Puntillo, K., Gélinas, C. & Chanques, G. Next steps in ICU pain research. Intensive Care Med 43, 1386–1388 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4694-3

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