Weaning from mechanical ventilation and sedation

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-169

  Luetz, Alawi ^a   Goldmann, Anton ^a   Weber Carstens, Steffen ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delirium; Protocol; Sedation; Ventilation; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DEEP SEDATION; DELIRIUM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ALGORITHMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84859738538     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834f8ce7     Document Type: Article

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