What's new in sedation strategies?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Gradwohl-Matis, Ilse; Mehta, Sangeeta; Dünser, Martin
- Source
- Intensive Care Medicine. Sep2015, Vol. 41 Issue 9, p1696-1699. 4p. 1 Diagram.
- Subject
- *CONSCIOUS sedation
*CRITICAL care medicine
*SEDATIVES
*PROPOFOL
*ANESTHETICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0342-4642
The article discusses new sedation strategies related to intensive care medicine as of September 2015. Topics covered include the clinical benefits associated with the use of non-benzodiazepine sedatives, the short-acting sedative agents dexmedetomidine and propofol, and the little attention on the use of inhalational anesthetics.