title: [Fewer indications for sedation in mechanical ventilation therapy].
abstract: Critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation have traditionally been deeply sedated. In the latest decade growing evidence supports less sedation as being beneficial for the patients. A daily interruption of sedation has been shown to reduce the length of mechanical ventilation and the length of stay in the intensive care unit. Recently it has been shown that a strategy with no sedation of critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation reduced the time patients received mechanical ventilation and reduced the length of both intensive care and hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Anæstesiologisk og Intensiv Afdeling, Odense Universitetshospital. Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. t.s@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strøm
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rian
authors.forename: Palle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toft
mesh_terms: D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000266:history; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007902:Length of Stay; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives