Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 1999
Use of sedatives, analgesics and neuromuscular blocking agents in Danish ICUs 1996/97. A national survey.
To assess the use of sedatives, analgesics and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in patients requiring mechanical ventilation in Danish Intensive Care Units (ICUs). ⋯ Sedatives and analgesics are widely used in patients requiring mechanical ventilation in Danish ICUs. NMBAs are only used in a few patients. The frequency of use is correlated to the level of ventilatory support required and to the kind of respiratory disease.
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This paper describes the background to the publication of the paediatric intensive care framework (NHS Executive 1997a) and sets out the case for outcome assessment of paediatric intensive care. Issues relating to mortality and morbidity assessment are discussed and several assessment tools are outlined. It is proposed that functional and psychological outcome assessments are important indicators of the quality of health care provision.