Sedation and Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
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- 30 January 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 370 (5), 444-454
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1208705
Abstract
Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are treated with many interventions (most notably endotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation) that are observed or perceived to be distressing. Pain is the most common memory patients have of their ICU stay.1 Agitation can precipitate accidental removal of endotracheal tubes or of intravascular catheters used for monitoring or administration of life-sustaining medications. Consequently, sedatives and analgesics are among the most commonly administered drugs in ICUs.Keywords
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