The ED-SED Study: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study of Practice Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Associated With Emergency Department SEDation for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Brian M. Fuller, Brian W. Roberts, Nicholas M. Mohr, William A. Knight, Opeolu Adeoye, Ryan D. Pappal, Stacy Marshall, Robert Alunday, Matthew Dettmer, Munish Goyal, Colin Gibson, Brian J. Levine, Jayna M. Gardner-Gray, Jarrod Mosier, James Dargin, Fraser Mackay, Nicholas J. Johnson, Sharukh Lokhandwala, Catherine L. Hough, Joseph E. TonnaRachel Tsolinas, Frederick Lin, Zaffer A. Qasim, Carrie E. Harvey, Benjamin Bassin, Robert J. Stephens, Yan Yan, Christopher R. Carpenter, Marin H. Kollef, Michael S. Avidan

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Abstract

Objectives: To characterize emergency department sedation practices in mechanically ventilated patients, and test the hypothesis that deep sedation in the emergency department is associated with worse outcomes. Design: Multicenter, prospective cohort study. Setting: The emergency department and ICUs of 15 medical centers. Patients: Mechanically ventilated adult emergency department patients. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: All data involving sedation (medications, monitoring) were recorded. Deep sedation was defined as Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale of –3 to –5 or Sedation-Agitation Scale of 2 or 1. A total of 324 patients were studied. Emergency department deep sedation was observed in 171 patients (52.8%), and was associated with a higher frequency of deep sedation in the ICU on day 1 (53.8% vs 20.3%; p < 0.001) and day 2 (33.3% vs 16.9%; p = 0.001), when compared to light sedation. Mean (sd) ventilator-free days were 18.1 (10.8) in the emergency department deep sedation group compared to 20.0 (9.8) in the light sedation group (mean difference, 1.9; 95% CI, –0.40 to 4.13). Similar results according to emergency department sedation depth existed for ICU-free days (mean difference, 1.6; 95% CI, –0.54 to 3.83) and hospital-free days (mean difference, 2.3; 95% CI, 0.26–4.32). Mortality was 21.1% in the deep sedation group and 17.0% in the light sedation group (between-group difference, 4.1%; odds ratio, 1.30; 0.74–2.28). The occurrence rate of acute brain dysfunction (delirium and coma) was 68.4% in the deep sedation group and 55.6% in the light sedation group (between-group difference, 12.8%; odds ratio, 1.73; 1.10–2.73). Conclusions: Early deep sedation in the emergency department is common, carries over into the ICU, and may be associated with worse outcomes. Sedation practice in the emergency department and its association with clinical outcomes is in need of further investigation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1539-1548
Number of pages10
JournalCritical care medicine
Volume47
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Emergency department
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Sedation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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