Replacement of fentanyl infusion by enteral methadone decreases the weaning time from mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial

INTRODUCTION: Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation (MV) are frequently administered prolonged and/or high doses of opioids which when removed can cause a withdrawal syndrome and difficulty in weaning from MV. We tested the hypothesis that the introduction of enteral methadone during weaning fr...

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Autores principales: Wanzuita, Raquel, Poli-de-Figueiredo, Luiz F, Pfuetzenreiter, Felipe, Cavalcanti, Alexandre Biasi, Westphal, Glauco Adrieno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11250

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22420584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11250

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