Compliance with sedation analgesia protocols: Do clinical pharmacists have an impact?

What Is Known And Objectives: The agreement between prescribed sedation objectives and sedation pump syringe rate adaptation is not optimal. Delays in adjustment of sedation doses are associated with an increased patient length of stay in the intensive care unit. Our objectives were to assess compliance with the approved sedation protocol and to evaluate the impact of a clinical pharmacist daily controlling sedation and analgesia scores and pump syringe rates on patients' outcomes in a critical care unit.