The aim of these guidelines is to reduce the variety of analgesic and sedation procedures in intensive care units (ICU) so to assure the patient the fulfillment of the right to analgesia and reach an adequate state of sedation with complete control over possible side effects and maximizing the beneficial effects of all the techniques adopted during the days of artificial ventilation and the whole stay in the ICU.

It is really very relevant to control diurnal rhythm, delirium and psychiatric symptoms associated and procedural pain.

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