%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Cold Application on Chest Tube Removal Pain in Heart Surgery Patients
%A Ali Pooria
%A Behzad Moradi
%A Hassan Najafizadeh
%A Mohammad Javad Tarrahi
%A Nooredin Mohammadi
%A Payam Abbasi
%A Sajad Yarahmadi
%J Archive of "Tanaffos".
%D 2018
%X Chest tube removal is considered a painful technique, which may not respond well to palliative therapies. There are no standard procedures or guidelines to manage the pain associated with chest tube removal. This study aimed to examine the effects of cold application on pain reduction during and after chest tube removal
%K Chest tube
%K Cryotherapy
%K Pain
%K Visual analog scale
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6087532/