Sedatives in icu
[DOC File]ICU SEDATION GUIDELINES
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ICU Comfort Care guidelines. I. General Principles . 1) All patients would like to be comfortable regardless of the goals of care. ... antipyretics, sedatives, and anti-seizure medications. 3. Psychosocial and spiritual care. Physicians, nurses, and other team members may help …
[DOC File]Vanguard Health Management - Courtemanche & Associates
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Sedation vacation refers to the practice of holding any sedative infusions daily and restarting them at ½ the original dose. In adult ICUs this practice reduces the duration of ventilation and ICU stay. This practice has not been evaluated in children but is reasonable to consider sedation vacations in older children and adolescents.
[DOC File]ICU Patient
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Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) (Appendix 1) The CAM was developed in 1990 by Inouye et al. to aide in delirium assessment by non-psychiatric personnel (6). It was modified to the CAM-ICU by Ely et al. in 2001 for use in mechanically ventilated ICU …
[DOC File]Sedation and Analgesia in the PCCU
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Sedatives for the agitated/confused patient. There is a delirium protocol available on the intranet. It is very easy to follow. The following is a brief overview of the MOST common drugs that you will encounter on AICU in the care of critically ill patients, if in doubt ASK! P = Prescription. A = Administration . I = Indications. M = Mechanism ...
Sedation and Analgesia in Critical Care
In search for an ideal sedative therapy, dexmedetomidine, an alpha-2 agonist, has generated much interest in the ICU setting. Dexmedetomidine has eight times stronger affinity to alpha-2 receptor compared to clonidine, and does not appear to cause respiratory depression compared to other sedatives such as benzodiazepine or propofol.
[DOC File]ICU Comfort Care: principles, guidelines, and goals
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Appropriate use of sedatives and analgesics can greatly facilitate the care of patients in the ICU by improving rest and relieving suffering. Appropriate use of paralytics can greatly facilitate mechanical ventilation in these many of these patients
[DOC File]ICU SEDATION GUIDELINES
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Sedatives provide ICU patients with relief from agitation and anxiety. However, they are also known to cause a number of side effects, which will vary depending on the specific sedative used. The following table provides a list of the different side effects for each type of sedative:8
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