John W Devlin, Yoanna Skrobik, Céline Gélinas, Dale M Needham, Arjen J C Slooter, Pratik P Pandharipande, Paula L Watson, Gerald L Weinhouse, Mark E Nunnally, Bram Rochwerg, Michele C Balas, Mark van den Boogaard, Karen J Bosma, Nathaniel E Brummel, Gerald Chanques, Linda Denehy, Xavier Drouot, Gilles L Fraser, Jocelyn E Harris, Aaron M Joffe, Michelle E Kho, John P Kress, Julie A Lanphere, Sharon McKinley, Karin J Neufeld, Margaret A Pisani, Jean-Francois Payen, Brenda T Pun, Kathleen A Puntillo, Richard R Riker, Bryce R H Robinson, Yahya Shehabi, Paul M Szumita, Chris Winkelman, John E Centofanti, Carrie Price, Sina Nikayin, Cheryl J Misak, Pamela D Flood, Ken Kiedrowski, Waleed Alhazzani
OBJECTIVE: To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU. DESIGN: Thirty-two international experts, four methodologists, and four critical illness survivors met virtually at least monthly. All section groups gathered face-to-face at annual Society of Critical Care Medicine congresses; virtual connections included those unable to attend. A formal conflict of interest policy was developed a priori and enforced throughout the process...
September 2018: Critical Care Medicine