Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Adult Intensive Care Unit Sedation, Analgesia and Delirium Management Guideline
About this guideline
This institutional operational guideline converts Ankara Bilkent City Hospital procedure YB.PR.002, Revision 03, into a structured adult ICU framework for pain assessment, analgesia, sedation, agitation, delirium prevention and screening, sleep support, mobility and related safety monitoring.
It includes pain-first care, RASS and the locally revised Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale, CAM-ICU screening, daily spontaneous awakening and breathing coordination, medication principles, delirium prevention, restraint minimization, quality indicators and local implementation.
Important: Educational and operational guidance. Local institutional approval is required before implementation. Medication doses, indications and monitoring must follow current hospital formulary, approved protocols and patient-specific clinical judgement.
