Prevalence and impact of alcohol and other drug use disorders on sedation and mechanical ventilation: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Experience suggests that patients with alcohol and other drug use disorders (AOD) are commonly cared for in our intensive care units (ICU's) and require more sedation. We sought to determine the impact of AOD on sedation requirement and mechanical ventilation (MV) duration. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: de Wit, Marjolein, Wan, Sau Yin, Gill, Sujoy, Jenvey, Wendy I, Best, Al M, Tomlinson, Judith, Weaver, Michael F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1838409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17359534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-7-3

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