Sedation weaning protocol reduces total opioid exposure in infants following cardiac surgery In the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), a specific sedation weaning guideline significantly ...

Researchers found patients have worse outcomes when put under early deep sedation in the intensive care unit, but pharmacist-led protocols could help. The retrospective study, conducted from March to ...

Acupuncture's multi-pathway effects in ICU patients may reduce complications, support rehabilitation, and improve recovery ...

Analgesics and sedatives are administered to most patients who are being mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit (ICU), not only to combat anxiety, agitation, and pain but also to achieve ...

Use of the sedative dexmedetomidine for critically ill patients resulted in less time on a ventilator and less delirium compared to patients administered a more commonly used drug, according to a new ...

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2012;46(10):1331-1339. There are several limitations to the interpretation and application of our results, including small sample size and narrow participant ...

Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility that can impair ...

A high proportion of time spent in medication-induced deep sedation in the ICU was associated with an increased risk of loss of independent living in an observational study. About a third of that ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Clinicians may be surprised that rules governing deep procedural sedation in intensive care settings forbid certain practices that seem like standard care, according to a discussion at ...

ATS 2009, SAN DIEGO—Aside from the obvious and immediate health problems that patients undergoing mechanical ventilation face, those who recover often do so with profound loss of strength and mobility ...