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Kotfis K, Zegan-Barańska M, Żukowski M, Kusza K, Kaczmarczyk M, Ely EW. Multicenter assessment of sedation and delirium practices in the intensive care units in Poland - is this common practice in Eastern Europe? BMC Anesthesiol 2017; 17:120. [PMID: 28865447 PMCID: PMC5581441 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-017-0415-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The majority of critically ill patients experience distress during their stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), resulting from systemic illness, multiple interventions and environmental factors. Providing humane care should address concomitant treatment of pain, agitation and delirium. The use of sedation and approaches to ICU delirium should be monitored according to structured guidelines. However, it is unknown to what extent these concepts are followed in Eastern European countries like Poland. The aim of this study was to evaluate sedation and delirium practices in ICUs in Poland, as a representative of the Eastern European block, particularly the implementation of sedation and ICU delirium screening tools, availability of written sedation guidelines, choice of sedation and delirium treatment agents. Methods A national postal survey was conducted in all Polish ICUs in early 2016. Results A total of 165 responses out of 436 addressed units were received (37.8%). Out of responding ICUs delirium is monitored in only 11.9% of the units in Poland. Sedation monitoring tool is used in only 46.1% of units. Only 19.4% of ICUs have written protocols for sedation and 32.1% do not practice daily sedation interruption. The most frequently used agents for short-term sedation (<24 h) were propofol and fentanyl infusions and benzodiazepines (midazolam) and morphine for longer sedation (>24 h). The preferred agents for delirium treatment were haloperidol (77.6%), dexmedetomidine (43.6%) and quetiapine (19.4%). Close to one-third (32.7%) of respondents chose a benzodiazepine (diazepam) for ICU delirium treatment. Non-pharmacological treatment for ICU delirium was reported by only 45% of the respondents. Conclusions A majority of Polish ICUs do not adhere to international guidelines regarding sedation and delirium practices. There continues to be inadequate use of sedation and delirium monitoring tools. High usage of benzodiazepines for sedation and ICU delirium treatment reveals persistence of non-evidence-based practice. This study should prompt further assessment of other Eastern Europe countries and help generate a collective response to update these aspects of patient safety and comfort.
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- Katarzyna Kotfis
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences University, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Biochemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Medicine/Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Vanderbilt University School ofMedicine, Vetaran's Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC) for Tennessee Valley, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Kumpf O, Braun JP, Brinkmann A, Bause H, Bellgardt M, Bloos F, Dubb R, Greim C, Kaltwasser A, Marx G, Riessen R, Spies C, Weimann J, Wöbker G, Muhl E, Waydhas C. Quality indicators in intensive care medicine for Germany - third edition 2017. GERMAN MEDICAL SCIENCE : GMS E-JOURNAL 2017; 15:Doc10. [PMID: 28794694 PMCID: PMC5541336 DOI: 10.3205/000251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Quality improvement in medicine is depending on measurement of relevant quality indicators. The quality indicators for intensive care medicine of the German Interdisciplinary Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) from the year 2013 underwent a scheduled evaluation after three years. There were major changes in several indicators but also some indicators were changed only minimally. The focus on treatment processes like ward rounds, management of analgesia and sedation, mechanical ventilation and weaning, as well as the number of 10 indicators were not changed. Most topics remained except for early mobilization which was introduced instead of hypothermia following resuscitation. Infection prevention was added as an outcome indicator. These quality indicators are used in the peer review in intensive care, a method endorsed by the DIVI. A validity period of three years is planned for the quality indicators.
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- Oliver Kumpf
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Martin-Luther Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Heidenheim, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Asklepiosklinikum Altona, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fachkrankenpflege und Funktionsdienste (DGF), Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Fulda, Germany
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- Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fachkrankenpflege und Funktionsdienste (DGF), Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Universitätsklinikum RTWH Aachen, Germany
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- Zentralbereich des Departments für Innere Medizin, Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Medicine, Sankt Gertrauden-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Helios-Klinikum Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Medical University of Schleswig Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany.,Medical Faculty of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Scibelli G, Maio L, Sasso M, Lanza A, Savoia G. Dexmedetomidine: Current Role in Burn ICU. Transl Med UniSa 2017; 16:1-10. [PMID: 28775963 PMCID: PMC5536156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a relativelyrecent a2-adrenergic agonist which provides sedation, anxiolysis and analgesia with much less respiratory depression than other sedatives. These characteristics have implemented the use of the drug in the ICUs in order to achieve the target of a "arousable sedation", thanks to its significant manageability. Its sedative-analgesic properties are also particularly suitable for use in burn ICUs, both adult and pediatric, which is why the current Guidelines have recognized a central role in the management of these categories of patients. Finally, DEX has showed significant anti-inflammatory effect both in animal models and in preliminary clinical trials, reducing vasopressor requirements and main mediators levels of the systemic inflammatory response involved in sepsis and similar processes, suggesting its use for improved outcome in ICU septic patients.
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- G Scibelli
- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ASL Caserta
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ASL Caserta
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department - AORN “A. Cardarelli”-Napoli
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department - AORN “A. Cardarelli”-Napoli
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department - AORN “A. Cardarelli”-Napoli,
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Over the past 20 years, critical care has matured in a myriad of ways resulting in dramatically higher survival rates for our sickest patients. For millions of new survivors comes de novo suffering and disability called "the postintensive care syndrome." Patients with postintensive care syndrome are robbed of their normal cognitive, emotional, and physical capacity and cannot resume their previous life. The ICU Liberation Collaborative is a real-world quality improvement initiative being implemented across 76 ICUs designed to engage strategically the ABCDEF bundle through team- and evidence-based care. This article explains the science and philosophy of liberating ICU patients and families from harm that is both inherent to critical illness and iatrogenic. ICU liberation is an extensive program designed to facilitate the implementation of the pain, agitation, and delirium guidelines using the evidence-based ABCDEF bundle. Participating ICU teams adapt data from hundreds of peer-reviewed studies to operationalize a systematic and reliable methodology that shifts ICU culture from the harmful inertia of sedation and restraints to an animated ICU filled with patients who are awake, cognitively engaged, and mobile with family members engaged as partners with the ICU team at the bedside. In doing so, patients are "liberated" from iatrogenic aspects of care that threaten his or her sense of self-worth and human dignity. The goal of this 2017 plenary lecture at the 47th Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress is to provide clinical ICU teams a synthesis of the literature that led to the creation of ICU liberation philosophy and to explain how this patient- and family-centered, quality improvement program is novel, generalizable, and practice changing.
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- E Wesley Ely
- Department of Medicine, Tennessee Valley Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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[Delirium, analgesia, and sedation in intensive care medicine : Development of a protocol-based management approach]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2017; 112:65-74. [PMID: 28074297 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-016-0251-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Intensive care treatment has long-term consequences that are often not immediately apparent to the health care providers. The combination of muscle weakness, cognitive damage, and psychological disorders is comprised under the term post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Analgesia and sedation protocols, as well as nonpharmacological preventive and therapeutic approaches, are effective tools for avoiding complications and improving long-term survival. The principle of "early goal-directed therapy" is fundamental. Here, a treatment target is defined and continuously re-evaluated by validated monitoring methods. Evidence clearly supports a paradigm shift towards patients that are awake, attentive, and able to participate in their therapy. Individualized analgesia and (non)sedation approaches allow a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) target value of 0/-1 for the majority of patients. Should sedation indeed be necessary, there must be a focus on avoiding oversedation, especially an early deep sedation.
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Arumugam S, El-Menyar A, Al-Hassani A, Strandvik G, Asim M, Mekkodithal A, Mudali I, Al-Thani H. Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2017; 10:37-46. [PMID: 28243012 PMCID: PMC5316795 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.199520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Delirium is characterized by impaired cognition with nonspecific manifestations. In critically ill patients, it may develop secondary to multiple precipitating or predisposing causes. Although it can be a transient and reversible syndrome, its occurrence in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients may be associated with long-term cognitive dysfunction. This condition is often under-recognized by treating physicians, leading to inappropriate management. For appropriate management of delirium, early identification and risk factor assessment are key factors. Multidisciplinary collaboration and standardized care can enhance the recognition of delirium. Interdisciplinary team working, together with updated guideline implementation, demonstrates proven success in minimizing delirium in the ICU. Moreover, should the use of physical restraint be necessary to prevent harm among mechanically ventilated patients, ethical clinical practice methodology must be employed. This traditional narrative review aims to address the presentation, risk factors, management, and ethical considerations in the management of delirium in ICU settings.
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- Suresh Arumugam
- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; Deaprtment of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery Section, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Saller T, V Dossow V, Hofmann-Kiefer K. [Knowledge and implementation of the S3 guideline on delirium management in Germany]. Anaesthesist 2016; 65:755-762. [PMID: 27646394 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-016-0218-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Delirium is a common complication in critical care. The syndrome is often underestimated due to its potentially no less dangerous course as a hypoactive delirium. Therefore, current guidelines ask for a structured, regular and routine screening in all intensive care units. If delirium is diagnosed, symptomatic therapy should be initiated promptly. OBJECTIVES The aim of the current study was to evaluate recent German anesthetists' strategies regarding delirium care compared to the German guidelines for sedation and delirium in intensive care. METHODS In an online survey German hospitals' senior anesthetists (n = 922) were interviewed anonymously between May and June 2015 regarding guideline use in delirium management in German intensive care units. In 33 direct questions the anesthetists were invited to answer items regarding the structure of their hospitals, intensive care and delirium therapy in order to review their knowledge of the German delirium guidelines that expired in 2014. RESULTS The 249 senior anesthetists who responded to the survey, can be associated with (or represent) a quarter of German intensive care beds and cases, respectively. In every tenth clinic that runs an intensive care unit the guideline was unknown. In three of four intensive care units physicians specified a preferred delirium score, the CAM-ICU (49.4 %) is used most frequently. With knowledge of the guidelines more often a recommended delirium score is used (p = 0.017). However, only 53.6 % of the respondents ascertain a score every eight hours and 36 % have no facility for standardized documentation in the records. At intensive care rounds, a possible diagnosis of delirium is an inherent part in only 34.9 % of the responders even with guideline knowledge. The particular gold standard for the therapy of delirium (alphaagonists for vegetative symptoms; 89.6 %, benzodiazepines for anxiety, 77.5 %; antipsychotics in 86.7 % for psychotic symptoms) is implemented more often with growing knowledge of the guidelines. The latter applies to the implementation of structured programs for delirium prophylaxis, cognition and therapy. CONCLUSION For the first time, this study documents knowledge and implementation of the German S3 guidelines for delirium in intensive care. Overall, the guidelines for delirium care are less well executed than those for sedation. With growing knowledge of the guidelines, diagnosis and treatment of delirium fits the guidelines more frequently. The facility to document a delirium score in intensive records is insufficient. Especially a nursing-based delirium strategy could possibly improve implementation of the guidelines, claiming an eight-hour screening and documentation. However, the small number of hospitals that have integrated the guidelines into in-house standard operating procedures (40 %) shows urgent need for optimization. A re-evaluation involving all relevant caretakers could probably improve the implementation of guidelines in intensive care and perioperative medicine.
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- T Saller
- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 20, 80336, München, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 20, 80336, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 20, 80336, München, Deutschland
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Rijkenberg S, van der Voort PHJ. Can the critical-care pain observation tool (CPOT) be used to assess pain in delirious ICU patients? J Thorac Dis 2016; 8:E285-7. [PMID: 27162683 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.03.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Saskia Rijkenberg
- 1 Department of Intensive Care, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; 2 TIAS School for Business and Society, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- 1 Department of Intensive Care, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; 2 TIAS School for Business and Society, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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Vincent JL, Shehabi Y, Walsh TS, Pandharipande PP, Ball JA, Spronk P, Longrois D, Strøm T, Conti G, Funk GC, Badenes R, Mantz J, Spies C, Takala J. Comfort and patient-centred care without excessive sedation: the eCASH concept. Intensive Care Med 2016; 42:962-71. [PMID: 27075762 PMCID: PMC4846689 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We propose an integrated and adaptable approach to improve patient care and clinical outcomes through analgesia and light sedation, initiated early during an episode of critical illness and as a priority of care. This strategy, which may be regarded as an evolution of the Pain, Agitation and Delirium guidelines, is conveyed in the mnemonic eCASH—early Comfort using Analgesia, minimal Sedatives and maximal Humane care. eCASH aims to establish optimal patient comfort with minimal sedation as the default presumption for intensive care unit (ICU) patients in the absence of recognised medical requirements for deeper sedation. Effective pain relief is the first priority for implementation of eCASH: we advocate flexible multimodal analgesia designed to minimise use of opioids. Sedation is secondary to pain relief and where possible should be based on agents that can be titrated to a prespecified target level that is subject to regular review and adjustment; routine use of benzodiazepines should be minimised. From the outset, the objective of sedation strategy is to eliminate the use of sedatives at the earliest medically justifiable opportunity. Effective analgesia and minimal sedation contribute to the larger aims of eCASH by facilitating promotion of sleep, early mobilization strategies and improved communication of patients with staff and relatives, all of which may be expected to assist rehabilitation and avoid isolation, confusion and possible long-term psychological complications of an ICU stay. eCASH represents a new paradigm for patient-centred care in the ICU. Some organizational challenges to the implementation of eCASH are identified.
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- Jean-Louis Vincent
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Program of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Centre for Inflammation Research and School of Clinical Sciences, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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- Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Université Paris-Diderot, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Paris, France
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatric ICU, Intensive Care and Anesthesia, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care, University Hospital Clinic Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, European Hospital Georges Pompidou, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Berne University Hospital and University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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Bomberg H, Groesdonk HV, Bellgardt M, Volk T, Meiser A. AnaConDa™ and Mirus™ for intensive care sedation, 24 h desflurane versus isoflurane in one patient. SPRINGERPLUS 2016; 5:420. [PMID: 27099825 PMCID: PMC4823227 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2065-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Introduction With the AnaConDa™ system, inhalational sedation in the intensive care unit has become popular. The device can be used with common intensive care unit ventilators and is inserted between the Y-piece and the patient. Liquid isoflurane or sevoflurane are delivered by a syringe pump. 90 % of anesthetic exhaled by the patient is absorbed by a reflector and resupplied during the next inspiration. The new Mirus™ system also uses a reflector. Its control unit identifies end-tidal concentrations from the flow, injects anesthetics during early inspiration, controls anesthetic concentrations automatically, and can also apply desflurane. The AnaConDa™ and Mirus™ system are certified ‘conformité établi’, however, little is known about the Mirus™ and case reports are still lacking. Case description We used the Mirus™ with desflurane for 24 h in a patient suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome. The patient was treated with kinetic lateral rotational therapy. While deeply sedated, our patient breathed 9.0–12.0 l min−1 spontaneously. Thereafter, awakening and wash-out were considerably shorter than after isoflurane in the same patient with AnaConDa™. There were no major problems during the sedation. However, consumption of desflurane was high. Conclusion Desflurane sedation with the Mirus™ seems promising, but the reflector should be improved to absorb and resupply more of the anesthetic agent.
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- Hagen Bomberg
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstrasse 1, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstrasse 1, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstrasse 1, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrbergerstrasse 1, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Kersten A, Reith S. [Delirium and delirium management in critically ill patients]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2016; 111:14-21. [PMID: 26795215 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-015-0130-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Delirium in critically ill patients is a common entity in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is an expression of the cerebral organ dysfunction of the patient. The hallmark signs are disturbed consciousness and cognition in combination with inattentiveness and alterations in perception, which are manifested within a time interval of hours to days during treatment on the ICU. Delirium has been shown to have negative effects on patient short-term and long-term outcome parameters and increases morbidity and mortality. Despite its significance in many cases delirium remains inadequately diagnosed during routine treatment by ICU personnel. There are two validated and easily applicable scales for the standardized diagnosis of delirium: the confusion assessment method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) and the intensive care delirium screening checklist (ICDSC). These are simple to apply by medical as well as non-medical personnel. The therapy of delirium is mostly determined by non-pharmacological measures aiming at early identification, reorientation and mobilization of the patient, improving cerebral activity and establishing adequate wake-sleep cycles. There is only sparse evidence for pharmacological treatment of delirium; however, the choice of sedative agent has a proven effect on the incidence and duration of delirium in the ICU.
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- A Kersten
- Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Deutschland.
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Deutschland
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