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Toward individualized sedation in patients with acute brain damage.

Sedation/analgesia in patients with acute brain damage, either traumatic or non-traumatic, is paramount to prevent alterations in brain perfusion secondary to the injury. Despite reviews on sedative and analgesic drugs, adequate sedation is an overlooked therapy in the prevention and treatment of intracranial hypertension. When to indicate continued sedation? How to guide the level of sedation? How to terminate sedation? This narrative review provides a practical approach to the individualized use of sedative/analgesic drugs in patients with acute brain damage.

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