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Managing patients’ pain in the intensive care units

Nurses’ awareness of pain management

Abeer M. Almutairi, Isabelita N. Pandaan, Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani, Dakheel R. Almutiri, Adel A. Alhindi and Khalid S. Alhusseinan
Saudi Medical Journal May 2022, 43 (5) 514-521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.5.20220169

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