Safety of sedation with ketamine in severe head injury patie... : Critical Care Medicine Safety of
sedation with ketamine in severe head injury patients: Comparison with sufentanil : Critical …

Common indications for sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU) include patient comfort,
management of agita tion, pain, ventilator dysynchrony, and intracranial hypertension …

Guidelines for intravenous (iv) sedation produced by a multidisciplinary task force from the
SCCM have been published recently [3]. These guidelines include recommendations …

Sedation-analgesia occupies an essential place in the specific therapeutic arsenal of the
brain-injured patients. The maintenance of the perfusion of the brain, its relaxation and its …

The translation of modern principles of sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation
from general intensive care to neurocritical care has to take into account specific aspects of …

Although sedative use is near-ubiquitous in the acute management of moderate to severe
traumatic brain injury (m-sTBI), the evidence base for these agents is undefined. This review …

Although the administration of sedatives is a commonplace activity in the ICU, few
guidelines are available to aid the clinician in this practice. The first principle of sedative …

The primary goal of sedation is to achieve security and comfort of mechanically ventilated
ICU patients. Delivery of pharmacologic agents must avoid over sedation, which increases …

Critically ill patients are routinely provided analgesia and sedation to prevent pain and
anxiety, permit invasive procedures, reduce stress and oxygen consumption, and improve …

Comfortable patient; ethical and good medical practice. Relieves pain, anxiety, recall;
enhances patient safety. Mandated in 2000 by The Joint Commission. Sedation may be …