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In pursuit of pain: recent advances and future directions in pain assessment in the ICU

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  1. Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Céline Gélinas

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Montpellier Saint Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France

    Gerald Chanques

  3. Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    Kathleen Puntillo

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Gélinas, C., Chanques, G. & Puntillo, K. In pursuit of pain: recent advances and future directions in pain assessment in the ICU. Intensive Care Med 40, 1009–1014 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3299-3

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