Bispectral Index Monitoring To Guide Sedation In The Critical Care Setting

Launched by HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE · Sep 19, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) usually require use of hypnotics and sedatives to ensure comfort and proper adaptation to mechanical ventilation. An important requirement for an adequate sedation is frequent and proper assessment of its depth. Inadequate sedation can lead to problems of over-sedation, under-sedation and/or delirium in ICU, especially in elderly patients. The main objective od the study is To compare the total dose of sedative use and the rate of over-sedation in patients over 65 years admitted to the ICU, adjusting sedation by monitoring with BIS® versus ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients over 65 yers
• • Patients admitted to teintensive care unit of the University Hospital of Bellvitge medical or surgical pathology of neurological etiology
• • Patiens requiring sedation for more than 24 hours
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients less than 65 years
• • Patients admitted to the ICU with Neurological condition.
• • Postoperative patients admitted and extubation is expected within 24 hours.