Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit

J Barr, GL Fraser, K Puntillo, EW Ely… - Critical care …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To revise the “Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Sustained Use of Sedatives and
Analgesics in the Critically Ill Adult” published in Critical Care Medicine in 2002. Methods …

The pain, agitation, and delirium care bundle: synergistic benefits of implementing the 2013 Pain, Agitation, and Delirium Guidelines in an integrated and …

J Barr, PP Pandharipande - Critical care medicine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: In 2013, the American College of Critical Care Medicine published a revised
version of the pain, agitation, and delirium guidelines. The guidelines included an ICU pain …

Early intensive care sedation predicts long-term mortality in ventilated critically ill patients

Y Shehabi, R Bellomo, MC Reade, M Bailey… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Choice and intensity of early (first 48 h) sedation may affect short-and long-term
outcome. Objectives: To investigate the relationships between early sedation and time to …

Clinical practice guidelines for the management of pain, agitation, and delirium in adult patients in the intensive care unit: executive summary

J Barr, GL Fraser, K Puntillo, EW Ely… - American Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objective To revise the" Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Sustained Use of
Sedatives and Analgesics in the Critically Ill Adult” published in Critical Care Medicine in …

Daily sedation interruption versus no daily sedation interruption for critically ill adult patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation

L Burry, L Rose, IJ McCullagh… - Cochrane database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Daily sedation interruption (DSI) is thought to limit drug bioaccumulation,
promote a more awake state, and thereby reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation …

Current sedation practices: lessons learned from international surveys

S Mehta, I McCullagh, L Burry - Anesthesiology …, 2011 - anesthesiology.theclinics.com
Most critically ill patients experience pain, stress, fear, and anxiety. Sedative, anxiolytic, and
analgesic pharmacotherapies are fundamental to the care of critically ill patients, to facilitate …

A randomized trial of protocol-directed sedation management for mechanical ventilation in an Australian intensive care unit

TK Bucknall, E Manias, JJ Presneill - Critical care medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare protocol-directed sedation management with traditional non-protocol-
directed practice in mechanically ventilated patients. Design: Randomized, controlled trial …

An official American thoracic Society/American association of Critical-Care Nurses/American College of chest Physicians/Society of critical care medicine policy …

SD Halpern, D Becker, JR Curtis, R Fowler… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The high costs of health care in the United States and other developed nations
are attributable, in part, to overuse of tests, treatments, and procedures that provide little to …

Perceived barriers to the use of sedation protocols and daily sedation interruption: a multidisciplinary survey

MA Tanios, M de Wit, SK Epstein, JW Devlin - Journal of critical care, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although use of sedation protocols and daily sedation interruption (DSI)
improve outcome, their current use and barriers affecting their use are unclear. METHODS …

Improved analgesia, sedation, and delirium protocol associated with decreased duration of delirium and mechanical ventilation

CR Dale, DA Kannas, VS Fan, SL Daniel… - Annals of the …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Introduction of sedation protocols has been associated with improved patient
outcomes. It is not known if an update to an existing high-quality sedation protocol, featuring …