Sedation, delirium and mechanical ventilation: The 'ABCDE' approach

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-49

  Morandi, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Brummel, Nathan E ^a,b   Ely, E Wesley ^a,b,c,d  

^a Center for Health Services Research ^*  (United States)

^b Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute brain dysfunction; delirium; mechanical ventilation; sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VENTILATED PATIENT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP SEDATION; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 78651466172     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283427243     Document Type: Article

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