Sedation. Persons encountering health services for specific procedures, not carried out
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: In the proposed protocol, the sedation level of patients will be assessed and recorded using RASS Scale each hour, at the same time of assessment of patients' vital signs by nurses. No
otherwise, the RASS Scale will be applied and the sedative drugs will be administered according to the patient’s medication order. Intervention 2: The control group will receive the routine treatment
Treatment - Drugs
In the proposed protocol, the sedation level of patients will be assessed and recorded using RASS Scale each hour, at the same time of assessment of patients' vital signs by nurses. No particular inte
otherwise, the RASS Scale will be applied and the sedative drugs will be administered according to the patient’s medication order.
The control group will receive the routine treatment and sedation according to the patients' physiological reactions and nurses' clinical judgment to control pain.
Sponsors
Vice chancellor for research Zanjan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Intubated patient; need to have mechanical ventilation; no addiction (according to patient records and information from patient attendants); Range of age: between 15 and 65; RASS score higher than -3 scores; and GCS score between 5 and 13. Exclusion criteria: consciousness and extubation during first 24 hours; changing prescribed medicine by the physician; stopping the sedative prescribed medicine; transferring to the operating room; dramatical decrease in the level of patient's consciousness; continuous sedative infusion.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of mechanical ventilation. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Counting hospitalization days. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Death. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Patient's records.;Duration of hospitalization at Intensive Care Unit. Timepoint: At the end of hospitalization at Intensive Care Unit. Method of measurement: Counting the hospitalization days.;Transferring from the ICU to the ward. Timepoint: Daily. Method of measurement: Patient's records. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactZahra Taran
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed