Use of oral clonidine for sedation in ventilated paediatric intensive care patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1625-1629

  Arenas López, Sara ^a   Riphagen, Shelley ^a   Tibby, Shane M ^a   Durward, Andrew ^a   Tomlin, Steve ^a   Davies, Graham ^b   Murdoch, Ian A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Intensive care; Paediatric; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GLUCOSE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION;

EID: 4143075732     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2319-0     Document Type: Article

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