Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU: Pharmacology, Protocolization, and Clinical Consequences, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

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Hardbound
Published: JUL-2009
ISBN 10: 1-4377-1203-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-4377-1203-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS


By
Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine Center for Health Services Research Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Description
In this issue, Guest Editors Pratik Panharipande and Wesley Ely look at modern Sedation techniques in the critically ill. Topics include: "Pharmacology of commonly used sedatives and analgesics in the ICU," "Pharmacology of newer agents for sedation and analgesia in the critically ill," "Current sedation practices: lessons learned from recent international surveys," "Sedation and Immunomodulation," "Sedation and sleep disturbances in the ICU," and more!

Included in series
The Clinics: Internal Medicine


 
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