Editorial: Propofol infusion syndrome: Difficult to recognize, difficult to study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3169-3170

  Riker, Richard R ^a   Glisic, Elizabeth K ^a   Fraser, Gilles L ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Bradycardia; Intensive care unit; Metabolic acidosis; Propofol; Sedation; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

BRADYCARDIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ARREST; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SYNDROME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOTE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PROPOFOL; SYNDROME;

EID: 73349114926     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b3a914     Document Type: Editorial

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