title: [Post-traumatic stress disorder-related to intensive care stay: influence of sedation practices].
abstract: The stay in intensive care unit can be potentially traumatic at the origin of post-traumatic stress symptoms. The severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms is linked to the intensity and the type of traumatic memories of the intensive care stay. Sedatives and analgesics given to ventilated patients in intensive care influence the traumatic memory. The level, the duration and the type of sedation-analgesia protocol are risk factors of post-traumatic stress symptoms. Links between sedation, dissociative symptoms, delirium and post-traumatic stress symptoms are documented. Environmental and pharmacological measures are to be considered to reduce the traumatic potential risk of the intensive care. Intensive care caregivers, liaison-psychiatrist and general practitioner have each a specific role to play in the screening of the post-traumatic stress symptoms.
authors.affiliation: CHS Georges Daumezon, 45402 Fleury-les-Aubrais, France.
authors.forename: Nadège
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bauerheim
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masseret
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Pierre-François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Dequin
authors.forename: Wissam
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: El-Hage
mesh_terms: D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003422:Critical Care; D054810:Deep Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*