Sedation and Analgesia
Sedation and analgesia management was the most consistently implemented LIFE-UP domain, but gaps remained. On audit day, 41.4% of included patients were sedated. Pain assessment was documented for 95.4% of patients. Only 22.2% of sedated p…
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Sedation and analgesia management was the most consistently implemented LIFE-UP domain, but gaps remained. On audit day, 41.4% of included patients were sedated. Pain assessment was documented for 95.4% of patients. Only 22.2% of sedated patients had a documented medical indication for sedation. Non-pharmacological pain management methods were available in only one of eight ICUs.