Analgesia and sedation in the intensive care unit an overview of the issues.docVIP

Available online /content/12/S3/S1 Introduction Analgesia and sedation in the intensive care unit: an overview of the issues Curtis N Sessler1,2 and Wolfram Wilhelm3 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA 2Medical Director of Critical Care, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA 3Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum St.-Marien-Hospital Lünen, 44534 Lünen, Altstadtstrasse 23, Germany Corresponding author: Curtis N Sessle