Analgesia and sedation:past and present
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2014.02.001
- VernacularTitle:镇痛镇静治疗的发展历史与现状
- Author:
Suyun QIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pain;
Analgesia;
Sedation;
History;
Current status
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2014;21(2):65-67
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pain and anxiety are common unpleasant feelings that an ICU patient may experience.Modem medicine has increasingly recognized the importance of enhancing therapeutic comfort of the ICU patients.The analgesia and sedation protocol has received more attention and improvement,and has been becoming an essential part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment plan for ICU patients.This paper reviews the history of the development of analgesia and sedation either in modem or in ancient times,in China or elsewhere;introduces the current starus of analgesia and sedation in the ICU setting;and then emphasizes the difference between children and adults.
