To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU.
We propose an integrated and adaptable approach to improve patient care and clinical outcomes through analgesia and light sedation, initiated early during an episode of critical illness and as a priority of care.
Advanced care planning (ACP) is a process of reflection and communication about a person's values and wishes concerning future health issues and personal care preferences in the event that one becomes incapable of consenting to or refusing treatment or other care.
This guideline covers assessing and managing oesophago-gastric cancer in adults, including radical and palliative treatment and nutritional support.
This guideline covers rehabilitation strategies for adults who have experienced a critical illness and stayed in critical care.
This guideline covers the clinical care of adults (18 years and over) who are dying during the last 2 to 3 days of life.
The off-label use of medicines for children and adolescents remains a common and important issue for prescribing practice across child and adolescent psychiatry, paediatrics and primary care.
This guideline covers managing stable angina in people aged 18 and over. It outlines the importance of addressing the person’s concerns about stable angina and the roles of medical therapy and revascularisation.
This guideline is restricted to GI endoscopy but we cover elective and acute or emergency procedures.
Delirium is common in critically ill patients and associated with increased length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and long-term cognitive impairment.