Sedation is an essential therapeutic strategy in the care of neurocritical patients. Intravenous
sedative agents are the most widely used, with promising alternatives (dexmedetomidine …

Providers encounter unique challenges in the sedation of neurocritically ill patients.
Sedative selection requires thoughtful consideration of the risks and benefits of specific …

Opinion statement Providing adequate sedation in the neurologic intensive care unit (ICU)
depends on determination of proper goals for sedation, adequate assessment of the level of …

Extrapolating the findings from studies in the general ICU population suggests to reserve
deep continuous sedation in the neuro-ICU for specific indications. Although an improved …

In the neurointensive care setting, specific considerations of sedation are required; sedation
may act as a therapeutic agent itself, when causing a reduction in cerebral metabolic rate of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Patients with acute neurologic injury require a specialized
approach to critical care, particularly with regard to sedation and analgesia. This article …

In the last 20 years, victims of critical illness have become increasingly elderly and
frequently subject to multiple organ dysfunction. Critical illness is currently defined by certain …

The reasons for sedation in neurointensive care can be divided into two main groups:(i)
general indications, as for other intensive care patients, such as to allow the necessary …

Recent evidence suggests that sedative drug usage in general intensive care unit (ICU)
patients should be minimized. Patients should be mobilized early, and each patient's …

As most critically ill or injured patients will require some degree of sedation, the goal of this
paper was to comprehensively review the literature associated with use of sedative agents …