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Association of medication-induced deep sedation and emotional distress during mechanical ventilation with loss of independent living: an observational cohort study.
Karuna Wongtangman, Felix Borngaesser, Maíra I Rudolph, Flora T Scheffenbichler, Michael E Kiyatkin, Ibraheem M Karaye, William J Sauer, ICU Sedation Collaborators, Dale M Needham, E Wesley Ely, Matthias Eikermann
Published: 202610.1016/S2213-2600(25)00264-4
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Deep sedation can be used during invasive mechanical ventilation without proven indication to treat the signs and symptoms of emotional distress or insomnia. However, medication-induced deep sedation is associated with delayed recovery an…
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