Podcast: Play in new window Download. My 84 year old Dad has been in ICU for three months! We want to take him home instead, what are our options? PART 5. Many families who come to seek out our expertise and advice seem to get confused about some of the terminology being used. Today I want to look at some of the terminology and I want to make sure that you and your family understand the difference between an induced coma and sedation.
An induced coma is a medically induced coma where critically ill Patients are put asleep by powerful sedatives I. Fentanyl, Morphine, Remifentanyl in order to be able to tolerate mechanical ventilation and a breathing tube. Is the induced coma leading to mechanical ventilation and the breathing tube or vice versa?
Other patients who receive sedation in the intensive care unit include those who have suffered strokes they sometimes lose the ability to breathe on their own ; patients withdrawing from alcohol who become combative; patients who have ingested toxins they can't protect their airways ; and patients with severe, life-threatening infections. The length of time patients may require sedation varies, and it depends upon the underlying condition that led to the placing of the breathing tube.
For example, an otherwise healthy patient who is intubated for pneumonia may need only sedation and ventilatory support for a few days. But patients with severe underlying lung disease such as emphysema often require sedation and ventilatory support for weeks, and sometimes although rarely, months.
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