[Premedication before tracheal intubation in French neonatal intensive care units and delivery rooms].
Tracheal intubation is a painful procedure commonly used in the neonatal intensive care units and in the delivery rooms. It can be complicated by changes in vital signs.


OBJECTIVE
To ascertain the use of sedatives and/or analgesics before tracheal intubation in French neonatal intensive care units and delivery rooms.


METHODS
A survey by questionnaire sent to 58 neonatal intensive care units and 58 maternities.


RESULTS
We obtained 46 responses (79,3%) from the neonatal intensive care units and 38 (65,5%) from the delivery rooms. In neonatal intensive care units, 74% of the newborns received a sedative and/or an analgesic before being intubated, and 60% of the units had specific written guidelines. Opioïds and benzodiazepines were the main drugs used. In the delivery rooms, sedatives or analgesics were only used in 21% of the centres.


CONCLUSIONS
The use of sedation-analgesia seems to improve in neonatology but is still insufficient in the delivery rooms. The development of specific guidelines and a best learning about the different drugs are necessary.
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Service de néonatologie, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, hôpital d'enfants Armand-Trousseau, 26, avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France. elizabeth.walter@rth.ap-hop-paris.fr
Flamant
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Négréa
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Parat
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Hubert
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Mitanchez
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D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011292:Premedication / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000700:Analgesics; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives