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why not sedate a patient who’s suffering like this?
by voodooranger 7y ago
why not sedate a patient who’s suffering like this?
- adimitrov 7y agoMost methods of sedation will bring on respiratory depression as a side effect. It's the reason you need to be on a ventilator when you're having anesthesia. Needless to say, a patient who wants survive what the OP describes shouldn't risk additional respiratory depression. Disclaimer: I'm no medical expert. I may be talking out of my ass.
- unsrsly 7y agoSedation should always be preferred to restraints, but for various reasons it is not possible to sedate someone 100% of the time in the ICU. The use of restraints described in the article is disturbing, but more context would be needed to understand whether they were appropriate or not.