Use of sedative and analgesic drugs in the first week of ICU stay in high-level-of-care

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 765-774

  Iapichino, G ^a   Bertolini, G ^b   Pezzi, A ^a   Rossi, C ^b   Melotti, R ^c   Valdambrini, F ^a   Albicini, M ^a   Di Mauro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cohort studies; Conscious sedation; Intensive care units; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEAD INJURY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442502741     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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