In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Yahya Shehabi, Joanna L. Stollings, and Timothy D. Gerard bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Optimizing Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU. Top experts cover key issues such as the role of antipsychotic agents for adjunct sedation; analgesia first for every patient: current concepts in critical illness; monitoring sedation depth in critical illness; inhalational agents as ICU sedatives; and much more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xiii 7. In Memoriam - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Pharmacology of Commonly Used Sedative Agents - p. 625 10. Pharmacology of Alpha-2 Agonists Applied to Sedation, Sleep, and Analgesia - p. 641 11. Role of Antipsychotic Agents for Adjunct Sedation - p. 665 12. Analgesia First in Critically Ill Adults: Current Practices and Future Directions - p. 683 13. Monitoring Sedation Depth in Critical Illness, State-of-the-Art Practice - p. 707 14. Inhalational Agents as Intensive Care Unit Sedatives - p. 721 15. Optimal Sedation in Older Critically Ill Adults - p. 735 16. Sedation and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation-Where are We now? A Narrative Review - p. 753 17. Optimal Sedation in Ventilated Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock - p. 775 18. Optimal Sedation During Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 791 19. Optimal Sedation and Analgesia in Patients with Polytrauma, Excluding Brain Injury - p. 803 20. Optimal Sedation and Analgesia for Critical Care Patients with Acute Brain Injury Including Post-Cardiac Arrest - p. 821 21. Optimal Sedation in Ventilated Patients with Cardiovascular Surgery and/or Shock - p. 833 22. Future Directions in Sedation and Analgesia - p. 859
In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Yahya Shehabi, Joanna L. Stollings, and Timothy D. Gerard bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Optimizing Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU. Top experts cover key issues such as the role of antipsychotic agents for adjunct sedation; analgesia first for every patient: current concepts in critical illness; monitoring sedation depth in critical illness; inhalational agents as ICU sedatives; and much more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xiii 7. In Memoriam - p. xv 8. Preface - p. xvii 9. Pharmacology of Commonly Used Sedative Agents - p. 625 10. Pharmacology of Alpha-2 Agonists Applied to Sedation, Sleep, and Analgesia - p. 641 11. Role of Antipsychotic Agents for Adjunct Sedation - p. 665 12. Analgesia First in Critically Ill Adults: Current Practices and Future Directions - p. 683 13. Monitoring Sedation Depth in Critical Illness, State-of-the-Art Practice - p. 707 14. Inhalational Agents as Intensive Care Unit Sedatives - p. 721 15. Optimal Sedation in Older Critically Ill Adults - p. 735 16. Sedation and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation-Where are We now? A Narrative Review - p. 753 17. Optimal Sedation in Ventilated Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock - p. 775 18. Optimal Sedation During Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. 791 19. Optimal Sedation and Analgesia in Patients with Polytrauma, Excluding Brain Injury - p. 803 20. Optimal Sedation and Analgesia for Critical Care Patients with Acute Brain Injury Including Post-Cardiac Arrest - p. 821 21. Optimal Sedation in Ventilated Patients with Cardiovascular Surgery and/or Shock - p. 833 22. Future Directions in Sedation and Analgesia - p. 859
