Special Section – Sedation in Intensive Care Seminar
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Analgesia and sedation in intensive care unit.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients present pain. The administration of analgesics and sedatives is crucial for patient comfort and to reduce stress, as well as to prevent delay in recovery and ventilator weaning. The objective of the present study was to conduct a review on analgesia and sedation in the ICU. CONTENT The present study reviewed the causes of pain,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Intensive Care Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1751-1437
DOI: 10.1177/175114370800900312