Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye
Background. Pain and sedation management is an integral part of pediatric intensive care practice. Sedoanalgesia management must be balanced in order to optimize comfort and avoid complications. In order to achieve this balance, sedoanalgesia management needs to be clarified in pediatric intensive...
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Background. Pain and sedation management is an integral part of pediatric intensive care practice. Sedoanalgesia management must be balanced in order to optimize comfort and avoid complications. In order to achieve this balance, sedoanalgesia management needs to be clarified in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). With this study, we aimed to investigate sedation, analgesia, withdrawal and delirium practices, pharmacologic agent preferences, and current experiences and practices in scoring systems in PICUs in Türkiye.
Method. A questionnaire consisting of 57 questions was sent via e-mail to the ‘Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency’ group, which includes all intensive care specialists, subspecialty students and lecturers in Türkiye.
Results. Our study involved 36 pediatric intensive care physicians working in PICUs in Türkiye. Among the PICU specialists who participated in the study, 83.3% stated that they performed routine assessments of sedation efficacy. While dexmedetomidine was the most commonly used sedative agent in patients undergoing noninvasive mechanical ventilation, benzodiazepines were the most preferred pharmacologic agent for sedation during mechanical ventilation. Of the pediatric intensivists who participated in the study, 94.4% stated that they performed routine pain assessments in their units. Of the PICU specialists who participated in the study, 69.4% stated that muscle relaxants were most commonly used to prevent patient-ventilator incompatibility during mechanical ventilation. Of the participants, 88.8% made withdrawal assessments when discontinuing sedo-analgesic agents. Delirium assessment was routinely performed by 58.3% of the participants.
Conclusions. This study showed that the practices in sedoanalgesia management in PICUs in Türkiye are in parallel with recommendations of the sedation guideline. Despite the increased sensitivity in sedoanalgesia management, awareness in the management of delirium and withdrawal syndrome is not at the desired level. Therefore, there is a need to develop guidelines, raise awareness and increase training on these issues in our Türkiye.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5c8362dbe534005b4a9ac3fda491dcf2025-08-20T02:01:50ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212024-11-0166510.24953/turkjpediatr.2024.4830Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in TürkiyeEsra Koçkuzu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5760-349XAli Korulmaz1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5989-8885Ümit Altuğ2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-377XGürkan Bozan3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5041-8892Dinçer Yıldızdaş4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0739-5108Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, TürkiyeClinic of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli, TürkiyeClinic of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, TürkiyeDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Eskisehir University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, TürkiyeDepartment of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Türkiye Background. Pain and sedation management is an integral part of pediatric intensive care practice. Sedoanalgesia management must be balanced in order to optimize comfort and avoid complications. In order to achieve this balance, sedoanalgesia management needs to be clarified in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). With this study, we aimed to investigate sedation, analgesia, withdrawal and delirium practices, pharmacologic agent preferences, and current experiences and practices in scoring systems in PICUs in Türkiye. Method. A questionnaire consisting of 57 questions was sent via e-mail to the ‘Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency’ group, which includes all intensive care specialists, subspecialty students and lecturers in Türkiye. Results. Our study involved 36 pediatric intensive care physicians working in PICUs in Türkiye. Among the PICU specialists who participated in the study, 83.3% stated that they performed routine assessments of sedation efficacy. While dexmedetomidine was the most commonly used sedative agent in patients undergoing noninvasive mechanical ventilation, benzodiazepines were the most preferred pharmacologic agent for sedation during mechanical ventilation. Of the pediatric intensivists who participated in the study, 94.4% stated that they performed routine pain assessments in their units. Of the PICU specialists who participated in the study, 69.4% stated that muscle relaxants were most commonly used to prevent patient-ventilator incompatibility during mechanical ventilation. Of the participants, 88.8% made withdrawal assessments when discontinuing sedo-analgesic agents. Delirium assessment was routinely performed by 58.3% of the participants. Conclusions. This study showed that the practices in sedoanalgesia management in PICUs in Türkiye are in parallel with recommendations of the sedation guideline. Despite the increased sensitivity in sedoanalgesia management, awareness in the management of delirium and withdrawal syndrome is not at the desired level. Therefore, there is a need to develop guidelines, raise awareness and increase training on these issues in our Türkiye. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/4830pediatric intensive caresedationanalgesia |
| spellingShingle | Esra Koçkuzu Ali Korulmaz Ümit Altuğ Gürkan Bozan Dinçer Yıldızdaş Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics pediatric intensive care sedation analgesia |
| title | Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye |
| title_full | Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye |
| title_fullStr | Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye |
| title_short | Sedation - analgesia - muscle relaxant - withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in Türkiye |
| title_sort | sedation analgesia muscle relaxant withdrawal and delirium practices in pediatric intensive care units in turkiye |
| topic | pediatric intensive care sedation analgesia |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/4830 |
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