Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of mild sedation and routine sedation on the prognosis and inflammation in patients with mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods Two hundred cases of multiple-trauma patients, who required mechanical ventilation from May 2013 to April 2014 in the ICU of our hospital, were selected. They were devided into the control group and the observation group with 100 in each group. The patients in the control group had routine sedation, while those in the observation group had mild sedation. Amount of drug use, duration of mechanical ventilation, time of ICU stay, total duration of hospital stay, adverse reactions, inflammatory factor levels and so on were compared between the two groups. Results The per capita amount of Sufentanil, Propofol and Midazolam in the observation group was significantly smaller than that in the control group (P < 0.01). The mechanical ventilation time, duration of ICU stay and hospital stay in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group (P < 0.01). There was a significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the observation group and the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of CRP and PCT in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Mild continuous sedation can shorten the time of mechanical ventilation and the duration of hospital and ICU stay in multiple-trauma patients, reduce adverse reactions and lower inflammatory factor levels.