Effect of Exogenous Melatonin Administration in Critically Ill Patients on Delirium and Sleep: A Randomized Controlled Trial

INTRODUCTION: Sleep deprivation is a contributor for delirium in intensive care. Melatonin has been proposed as a pharmacological strategy to improve sleep, but studies have shown that the increase in plasma levels of melatonin do not correlate to a beneficial clinical effect; in addition, melatonin...

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Autores principales: Bellapart, Judith, Appadurai, Vinesh, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Stuart, Janine, Zappala, Christopher, Boots, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3951828

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