The effects of perioperative and intensive care unit sedation on brain organ dysfunction

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1212-1217

  Hughes, Christopher G ^a   Pandharipande, Pratik P ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; INTENSIVE CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMA; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955476512     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318215366d     Document Type: Review

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