This single-center prospective observational study aimed to evaluate sleep architecture in
mechanically ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients receiving protocolized …

Objectives: To examine pediatric intensivist sedation management, sleep promotion, and
delirium screening practices for intubated and mechanically ventilated children. Design: An …

Critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are exposed to multiple
physical, environmental and pharmacologic factors which increase the propensity for sleep …

Background To investigate the characteristics of sleep cycle in children with severe acute
bronchopneumonia treated with invasive mechanical ventilation at different sedation depths …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a nursing-driven sedation protocol for mechanically
ventilated pediatric patients on duration of use of analgesic and sedative medications. We …

Objective/background Sleep disturbances are very common and associated with severe
complications in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU). Commonly, sedatives like …

Comfort of the critically unwell pediatric patient is paramount to ensuring good outcomes.
Analgesia-based, multimodal sedative approaches are the foundation for comfort, whereby …

Background Dexmedetomidine is utilized as a sedative agent for drug‐induced sleep cine
magnetic resonance imaging studies due to its ability to mimic natural sleep and lack of …

Objectives: To reevaluate the effect of a nursing-driven sedation protocol for mechanically
ventilated patients on analgesic and sedative medication dosing durations. We …

Purpose Dexmedetomidine is thought to activate an endogenous pathway that naturally
promotes non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Dexmedetomidine may induce …