Prolonged sedation of critically ill patients with midazolam or propofol: Impact on weaning and costs

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Barrientos Vega, Rafael ^a,b   Sánchez Soria, M Mar ^a   Morales García, Carmen ^a   Robas Gómez, Alicia ^a   Cuena Boy, Rafael ^a   Ayensa Rincon, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

hypertriglyceridemia; length of stay; mechanical ventilation; midazolam; pharmacoeconomics; propofol; sedation; tachyphylaxis; weani ng

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHASE 4 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0031012702     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199701000-00009     Document Type: Article

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