A rational approach to the control of sedation in intensive care unit patients based on closed-loop control

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 678-687

  Albrecht, S ^a,b   Frenkel, C ^c   Ihmsen, H ^a   Schuttler J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ICU sedation: closed loop infusion, EEG median frequency, propofol, circadian rhythm

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PAIN; PANCREAS DUCT LIGATION; POWER SPECTRUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROPOFOL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032744094     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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