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The problem with applying BIS for ICU sedation is that it was not originally designed to detect the main indications for sedative administration, namely discomfort and anxiety [ 12].
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Another strategy to indirectly prevent the occurrence of VAP is the reduction of sedative administration.
Days of sedative administration before tracheotomy were significantly different (Group A 4.32 ± 2.083 vs Group B 9 ± 5.690, P = 0.003).
The authors used a meticulous protocol – with parallel SE, RE and BIS measurements, web camera monitoring and a computer program for noting sedative administration and interventions – to find a clinical indication for the use of entropy or BIS during ICU Ramsay Sedation Scale-targeted sedation.
Attention to the technique of gastric aspirate collection has been demonstrated to improve the yield of this diagnostic tool [ 1], but this procedure requires children to be cooperative and a noninvasive route for sedative drug administration, such as intranasal, may be useful in obtaining a short-time sedation.
The relatively high frequency of opiate and sedative administration despite deep sedation in anticipation of interventions and for diverse medical reasons (for instance, fighting ventilator and heart-lung interactions) represents further evidence of the problems associated with current sedation scores.
Excluded were patients with possible preeclampsia, imminent delivery, sedative administration, or prior mental illness.
Desaturation events seem to be related to maternal hypotension and sedative administration.
Data for the 12 parturients who experienced intraoperative desaturation is shown in Table 2. Nine out of twelve events were attributed to intraoperative hypotension, and three to the sedative administration.
Simultaneous evaluations of pain, first and foremost, then of sedation, to avoid excessive sedative administration, and finally of delirium, to differentiate delirium symptoms that may be confounders for pain and insufficient sedation, should be routine in ICU patients.
For sedative medication the association was weaker than for antidepressants.
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