Mortality rates are the same whether or not ventilated patients are sedated, results from a new Scandinavian study show. In the multicenter trial, there was no difference in 90-day mortality between ...

A total of 85 surveys (corresponding to 85 ICUs) were completed by 53 pharmacists from 42 different hospitals. Most hospitals had more than one ICU, and therefore more than one participating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of older ICU survivors who filled a new sedative prescription filled it again within 6 months of ...

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High proportion of time in deep sedation linked to loss of independent living among patients who lived independently before ICU admission. (HealthDay News) — For mechanically ventilated patients who ...

Use of the sedative dexmedetomidine for critically ill patients resulted in less time on a ventilator and less delirium compared to patients administered a more commonly used drug, according to a ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Clinicians may be surprised that rules governing deep procedural sedation in intensive care settings forbid certain practices that seem like standard care, according to a discussion at ...

Researchers found patients have worse outcomes when put under early deep sedation in the intensive care unit, but pharmacist-led protocols could help. The retrospective study, conducted from March to ...

A low dose of the sedative dexmedetomidine given at night may prevent delirium in critically ill patients, according to new research. A low dose of the sedative dexmedetomidine given at night may ...

The coronavirus pandemic is instilling chaos that is shaking the world. When intensive care units are running out of ventilators and essential medications, and some 95,000 people die in a matter of a ...