Résumé
Critically ill patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) frequently report pain and discomfort symptoms whose etiology may be diverse, such as the medical history, but is also related to care procedures and devices [1]. ICU stressors have been associated with an increased morbidity, explained in part by an increased stress response, a worse quality of life and unpleasant memories in survivors. It has been shown that a systematic pain and agitation assessment in a mixed population of medical-surgical ICU patients was associated with an improvement of ICU morbidity [2].