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Narrative Reviews

Sedation

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General

General Management

Page. Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit. Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2021;11(2):92-100
Pearson. Evolving targets for sedation during mechanical ventilation. Curr Opin Crit Care 2020;26(1):47-52

Paediatrics

Egbuta. Current State of Analgesia and Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. J Clin Med 2021;10(9):1847

Low Resource Setting

Neme. Evidence-Based Guideline for Adult Sedation, Pain Assessment, and Analgesia in a Low Resource Setting Intensive Care Unit: Review Article. Int J Gen Med 2020;13:1445-1452

Obesity

Erstad. Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient-a focus on sedation, analgesia, and delirium. Crit Care 2020;24(1):315

Conditions

Sepsis

Marcos-Vidal. Sedation for Patients with Sepsis: Towards a Personalised Approach. J Pers Med 2023;13:1641

COVID-19

Payen. Sedation for critically ill patients with COVID-19: Which specificities? One size does not fit all. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2020;39(3):341-343

Monitoring & Investigations

Mechanical Ventilation

Motes. Monitoring sedation during mechanical ventilation. Southwest Respir Crit Care Chron 2022;10(45):19–27

Therapies

Propofol

Dickerson. Impact of Propofol Sedation upon Caloric Overfeeding and Protein Inadequacy in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Nutrition Support. Pharmacy 20211;9(3):121

Dexmedetomidine

Ketamine

Zanza. Ketamine in Acute Brain Injury: Current Opinion Following Cerebral Circulation and Electrical Activity. Healthcare 2022;10(3):566

Remimazolam

Sneyd. Remimazolam – current status, opportunities and challenges. APS 2023;1:25

Melatonin

Richards. Is there a role for melatonin in the ICU? South Afr J Crit Care 2021;37(1):77-82

Inhaled Sedation

Wieruszewski. Inhaled volatile anesthetics in the intensive care unit. World J Crit Care Med 2024;13(1):90746