Alpha-2 agonists for long-term sedation during mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Ken ^a   Lu, Zhijun ^a   Xin, Yi Chun ^a   Cai, Yong ^b   Chen, Yi ^c   Pan, Shu Ming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; COMA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TACHYCARDIA; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CLONIDINE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85020029550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010269.pub2     Document Type: Review

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