Sedation and Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit-A Practice-Based Approach.

CONCLUSION: More effort is required to develop a practical, time-weighted sedation scoring system. Emphasis on a balanced, multimodal appraoch that targets light sedation from the early phase of acute critical illness is important to achieve optimal sedation, lower mortality, shorten time on ventilator and reduce delirium.
PMID: 32419006 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - March 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wong IMJ, Thangavelautham S, Loh SCH, Ng SY, Murfin B, Shehabi Y Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research