Slide Catalogue

Assessing and Managing Sedation in the Acute Care Setting

Adult patients receiving ventilator support frequently need sedation and analgesia. Accurate assessment with validated scales for sedation, pain, agitation and delirium is important for the management of these critically ill patients. The SEDATION™ slide deck reviews current standards and guidelines for evaluation and management of these patients. It reviews current sedatives and recent clinical findings. Accompanying sections focus on procedural and neurosurgical sedation.
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Procedural Sedation

This supplemental slide deck covers sedation in the procedural setting. An overview of endoscopic, bariatric, laparoscopic, cardiovascular, cosmetic, and oral procedures is presented.
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Neurosurgery

Neurologic surgery can present special challenges for anesthesia and sedation, such as preservation of intracranial hemodynamics, neurophysiologic monitoring, and patient communication during procedures in eloquent areas. This supplemental slide deck contains an overview of these topics as well as sedation in the setting of traumatic brain injury, neuro-ICU, and awake fiberoptic intubation.
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