Sedation and analgesia practices at Italian neonatal intensive care units: results from the EUROPAIN study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine current bedside analgesia/sedation (A/S) and pain assessment (PA) practices in Italian neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in relation to the findings of an epidemiological European study and recently-introduced national guidelines.

Methods

We analyzed the Italian data from the EUROPAIN (EUROpean-Pain-Audit-In-Neonates) prospective observational study on A/S practices that involved 6680 newborns admitted to tertiary-level NICUs in 18 European countries. Demographics, type of assisted ventilation, type and mode of A/S administration and PA were analyzed. Multivariate linear regression models were used to identify factors predicting A/S and PA practices.

Results

From October 1^st, 2012 to June 30^th, 2013, thirty Ital

SUBMITTER: Lago P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341165 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature