Sedation, sleep promotion, and delirium screening practices in the care of mechanically ventilated children: a wake-up call for the pediatric critical care community*.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine pediatric intensivist sedation management, sleep promotion, and delirium screening practices for intubated and mechanically ventilated children.

Design

An international, online survey of questions regarding sedative and analgesic medication choices and availability, sedation protocols, sleep optimization, and delirium recognition and treatment.

Setting

Member societies of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies were asked to send the survey to their mailing lists; responses were collected from July 2012 to January 2013.

Subjects

Pediatric critical care providers.

Interventions

Survey.

Measurements and main results

The survey was completed by 341 respondents, the majority of whom were from North

SUBMITTER: Kudchadkar SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061156 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature