Juliana Barr, Gilles L Fraser, Kathleen Puntillo, E Wesley Ely, Céline Gélinas, Joseph F Dasta, Judy E Davidson, John W Devlin, John P Kress, Aaron M Joffe, Douglas B Coursin, Daniel L Herr, Avery Tung, Bryce R H Robinson, Dorrie K Fontaine, Michael A Ramsay, Richard R Riker, Curtis N Sessler, Brenda Pun, Yoanna Skrobik, Roman Jaeschke
OBJECTIVE: To revise the "Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Sustained Use of Sedatives and Analgesics in the Critically Ill Adult" published in Critical Care Medicine in 2002. METHODS: The American College of Critical Care Medicine assembled a 20-person, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional task force with expertise in guideline development, pain, agitation and sedation, delirium management, and associated outcomes in adult critically ill patients. The task force, divided into four subcommittees, collaborated over 6 yr in person, via teleconferences, and via electronic communication...
January 2013: Critical Care Medicine