Validation of the Nociception Level Index for the Detection of Nociception and Pain in Critically Ill Adults: Protocol for an Observational Study

Céline Gélinas   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Shiva Shahiri T   ^{1, 2} , MScA ;   Han Ting Wang   ^{3, 4} , MD, MSc ;   Maria Cecilia Gallani   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Walid Oulehri   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Denny Laporta   ^{9, 10} , MD ;   Philippe Richebé   ^{11, 12} , MD, PhD

¹ Ingram School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

² Centre for Nursing Research and Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

³ Division of Intensive Care, Department of Medicine, CHUM - Hospital Centre of University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁵ Faculty of Nursing, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

⁶ Research Centre, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute - Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada

⁷ Division of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Perioperative Medicine, Strasbourg University Hospitals, Strasbourg, France

⁸ Federation of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

⁹ Division of Adult Critical Care, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Respiratory Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹¹ Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Polyclinic Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France

¹² Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada