San Antonio—Sliding-scale intermittent sedation and analgesia regimens in surgical patients significantly reduced both mechanical ventilation time and the total amount of medication administered, compared with continuous infusions, according to a new study.
A preliminary analysis of the first yea r of data from this two-year study also found that the number of adverse events was not increased and the duration at target levels of sedation with midazolam and the analgesic fentanyl were