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JANUARY 19, 2023

Pharmacist-Led Protocols Improve ICU Sedation

By Gina Shaw

LAS VEGAS—Determining how deeply to sedate patients in the ICU remains a complicated issue, but multiple studies demonstrate that pharmacist-led protocols can improve management of these challenging cases, according to critical care pharmacists at the ASHP 2022 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition.

A growing body of evidence has emerged over the past decade to demonstrate that deep sedation in the ICU is associated with worse outcomes compared with shallow sedation, said