Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit. The basis of the problem.
The authors briefly discuss the advantages and limits of sedation in critically ill patients. They also focus the importance of an individualized sedative approach which provides pain relief and modulates stress response, allowing patients to be easily arousable and cooperative as necessary.
Conti
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy. G.Conti@rm.unicatt.it
Mercurio
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Iacobone
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Auricchio
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Liberati
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D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007362:Intensive Care Units
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives