Sedation for critically ill adults with severe traumatic brain injury: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2743-2751

  Roberts, Derek J ^a,b   Hall, Richard I ^c   Kramer, Andreas H ^a   Robertson, Helen Lee ^a   Gallagher, Clare N ^a   Zygun, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

benzodiazepines; etomidate; hypnotics; intensive care unit; ketamine; opioid analgesics; propofol; sedatives; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALTHESIN; BENZODIAZEPINE; ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUFENTANIL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN INJURIES; ETOMIDATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETAMINE; PROPOFOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855226054     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318228236f     Document Type: Review

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