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2025 07 Jan

The evolution of critical care medicine has greatly advanced understanding and practices in pain and sedation management. Historically, deep sedation was believed to aid recovery, but it is now recognised to delay recovery and increase harm. Current strategies emphasise carefully titrated analgesia and sedation to ensure patient comfort, safety, and...Read more

2019 14 Mar

How to manage sedation analgesia for patient-centred care in the ICU.   In the concept of patient-centered care, sedation and analgesia have high importance. Intensive care is sometimes invasive and very painful. Patients in the ICU are seriously ill and often suffer from anxiety, agitation, and pain. There is sometimes a need to use deep and...Read more

2019 14 Mar

Overview and focus on regional anaesthesia   Opioid dependency is a serious problem in the ICU. Opioids are effective at providing pain relief because they reduce the perception of the pain signal. At the same time, opioids are associated with respiratory depression, cough suppression, confusion, and drowsiness. In addition, there is a risk...Read more