Impact of the implementation of a sedation and analgesia protocol in a pediatric intensive care unit

Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría.

Introduction. Adequate sedation and analgesia is essential in the management of patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV). The implementation of protocols and their monitoring is recommended; mixed results on adherence and impact have been reported.Objectives. To assess the impact of the implementation of a sedation and analgesia protocol on the use of benzodiazepines, opioids, and evolution in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in patients requiring MV for more than 72 hours.Methods. Before-and-after, uncontrolled study in the PICU of a children’s hospital. The study was developed in 3 stages: pre-intervention for situational diagnosis (from April to September 2019), intervention,and post-intervention for implementation of a sedation and analgesia protocol, education on use, and monitoring of adherence and impact (from October 2019 to October 2021).Results. A total of 99 and 92 patients were included in the study in the pre- and post-intervention stages, respectively. Patients had a more severe condition, were younger, and had a lower weight in the preintervention period. After adjusting for severity and age, the group comparison in the post-intervention stage showed a reduction in days of continuous infusion of opioids (6 ± 5.2 versus 7.6–5.8, p = 0.018) and days of continuous infusion ofbenzodiazepines (3.3 ± 3.5 versus 7.6 ± 6.8, p = 0.001). No significantdifferences were observed in days of MV and total days of benzodiazepine use.Conclusion. The implementation of a sedation and analgesia protocol resulted in a reduction in the use of continuous infusion of drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:121

Enthalten in:

Archivos argentinos de pediatria - 121(2023), 4 vom: 01. Aug., Seite e202202806

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Impacto de la implementación de un protocolo de sedoanalgesia en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos

Beteiligte Personen:

Taffarel, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Widmer, Jesica [VerfasserIn]
Fiore, Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Ana P [VerfasserIn]
Meregalli, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Jorro Barón, Facundo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

12794-10-4
Analgesia
Analgesics, Opioid
Benzodiazepines
Clinical protocols
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Journal Article
Mechanical ventilation
Pediatric intensive care unit

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Date Completed 14.07.2023

Date Revised 18.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5546/aap.2022-02806.eng

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352030496