Sedation and analgesia practices for less-invasive surfactant administration, elective endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation: A national UK survey

Liam Willgress; Dina Sava; Robert Daniels; Julie Mullett; Sarah Keen; Lynn Jones; Sarah Cole; Alex Holgate; Jacqueline Jones; Adam Przychodzko; Fatima Altaf; Thuvaraka Thambiah; Zina Wells; Paul Clarke

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2024-327458

Sedation and analgesia practices for less-invasive surfactant administration, elective endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation: A national UK survey

Liam Willgress (Lead Author), Dina Sava, Robert Daniels, Julie Mullett, Sarah Keen, Lynn Jones, Sarah Cole, Alex Holgate, Jacqueline Jones, Adam Przychodzko, Fatima Altaf, Thuvaraka Thambiah, Zina Wells, Paul Clarke

Norwich Medical School

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Preferences for preprocedural premedication and provision of routine analgesia and sedation for ventilated babies may vary. We aimed to survey current practices in UK tertiary-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

In February to April 2024, we conducted a telephone questionnaire survey of tertiary-level UK NICUs using a bespoke proforma (online supplemental file 1). We asked practitioners about their unit’s practice for surfactant administration, preprocedural medication use before less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) and before elective endotracheal intubation, and whether they routinely used analgesia/sedation for mechanically ventilated infants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-114
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Volume	110
Issue number	1
Early online date	23 Jul 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327458
Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

Keywords

Analgesia
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Neonatology
Nursing Care
Pain

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Willgress, L., Sava, D., Daniels, R., Mullett, J., Keen, S., Jones, L., Cole, S., Holgate, A., Jones, J., Przychodzko, A., Altaf, F., Thambiah, T., Wells, Z., & Clarke, P. (2025). Sedation and analgesia practices for less-invasive surfactant administration, elective endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation: A national UK survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 110(1), 113-114. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327458

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Willgress L, Sava D, Daniels R, Mullett J, Keen S, Jones L et al. Sedation and analgesia practices for less-invasive surfactant administration, elective endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation: A national UK survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2025 Jan;110(1):113-114. Epub 2024 Jul 23. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327458

Sedation and analgesia practices for less-invasive surfactant administration, elective endotracheal intubation, and mechanical ventilation: A national UK survey

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