Analgesia and Sedation in Mechanical Ventilation in Neonatology

摘要

Objective: Present a review about the use of the analgesia and sedation of the newborn in mechanical nventilation, which are the most common drugs, their beneficial and adverse effects, weaning way of the drugs and the nmost common levels of pain. nData Source: It has been used articles obtained in the Pub Med, Medline, Cochrane BVS, databases, in which the topics nabout sedation and analgesia in the newborn and the levels of the pain evaluation were approached. nConclusions: The pain and the discomfort of the newborn in the mechanical ventilation are events that should be avoided. nThe levels of pain help the physician in the evaluation of the patient and the pharmacological treatment should be applied nin an individual way.