Prevalence and impact of alcohol and other drug use disorders on sedation and mechanical ventilation: a retrospective study
Open Access
- 14 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Anesthesiology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 3
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-7-3
Abstract
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.Keywords
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