The evolving approach to brain dysfunction in critically ill patients

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1455-1456

  Ely, E Wesley ^a,b,c   Pandharipande, Pratik P ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COMA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESTLESSNESS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIRIUM; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84963788070     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.2708     Document Type: Editorial

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