title: Paralyzed with pain: the need for education.
abstract: This report surveyed the pharmacologic knowledge of the physician housestaff and intensive care nurses regarding the analgesic and anxiolytic effects of narcotics, benzodiazepines and neuromuscular blockers. The results demonstrated a commonly held misconception that muscular paralysis is a calm and painless state. The authors instituted an educational program stressing the need for analgesic and anxiolytic medications in conjunction with paralytic agents.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pain Service, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 U.S.A.
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Loper
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nessly
authors.forename: Lorie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D009466:Neuromuscular Blocking Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines