Monitoring of sedation depth in intensive care unit by therapeutic drug monitoring? A prospective observation study of medical intensive care patients

Abstract Background Analgosedation is a cornerstone therapy for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICU). To avoid inadequate sedation and its complications, monitoring of analgosedation is of great importance. The aim of this study was to investigate whether monitoring of anal...

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Published in:	Journal of Intensive Care
Main Authors:	Richard J. Nies, Carsten Müller, Roman Pfister, Philipp S. Binder, Nicole Nosseir, Felix S. Nettersheim, Kathrin Kuhr, Martin H. J. Wiesen, Matthias Kochanek, Guido Michels
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-09-01
Subjects:	Analgosedation Intensive care Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale Drug monitoring Midazolam Sufentanil
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-018-0331-7