Melatonin reduces the need for sedation in ICU patients: A randomized controlled trial

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1298-1310

  Mistraletti, G ^a,b   Umbrello, M ^b   Sabbatini, G ^a   Miori, S ^a   Taverna, M ^a   Cerri, B ^b   Mantovani, E S ^b   Formenti, P ^b   Spanu, P ^b   D'Agostino, A ^a   Salini, S ^a   Morabito, A ^a   Fraschini, F ^a   Reiter, R J ^c   Iapichino, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; Critical illness; Hydroxyzine; Intensive care unit; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYDROXYZINE; MELATONIN; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SLEEP; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84950319649     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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