Management of Pain and Sedation

• Includes adequate pain control, anxiolytics, prevention and treatment of delirium.
• Light/no sedation is the current standard of care for most patients. Deep sedation may cause respiratory and other organ complications and contribute to the risk of death.
• The use of an analgesia-based approach may be adequate for most critically ill patients and minimize the use of sedatives.
• Use opioids to treat non-neuropathic pain such as Fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone with intermittent dosing.