Title: Nonsedation or Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients<br/>Author: Quincy Tran<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1281/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p> <strong>Settings</strong>: Multicenter randomized controlled trial</p> <p> <strong>Patients</strong>: 710 patients</p> <p> <strong>Intervention</strong>: 345 patients. no sedative but only boluses of morphine as clinically indicated (Sedation group)</p> <p> <strong>Comparison</strong>: 356 patients. light sedation with daily interruption (Nonsedation group)</p> <p> <strong>Outcome</strong>: all-cause mortality at 90 days after randomization</p> <p> <strong>Study Results</strong>:</p> <p> 42.4% of nonsedation group died vs 37% of sedation group (95% confidence interval [CI], −2.2 to 12.2; P = 0.65). </p> <p> Number of ventilator-free days for nonsedation group was 27 days vs. 26 for sedation group. </p> <p> <strong>Discussion</strong>:</p> <p> This study did not agree with previous studies that lighter sedation was associated with shorter length of stay on mechanical ventilation , ICU or hospital. The authors attributed to the findings that RASS score was not significantly different between the 2 groups.</p> <p> <strong>Conclusion</strong>:</p> <p> Critically ill adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation, there was no difference in 90-day mortality between patients receiving light sedation or no sedation.</p> <fieldset><legend>References</legend>
<p> Olsen HT, Nedergaard HK, Strøm T1, Oxlund J, Wian KA, Ytrebø LM1, Kroken BA, Chew M, Korkmaz S, Lauridsen JT, Toft P.</p> <p> Nonsedation or Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients.</p> <p> N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 16. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906759. [Epub ahead of print]</p> <p> </p> </fieldset>