Title |
Enteral vs. intravenous ICU sedation management: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Published in |
Trials, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-14-92 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Giovanni Mistraletti, Elena S Mantovani, Paolo Cadringher, Barbara Cerri, Davide Corbella, Michele Umbrello, Stefania Anania, Elisa Andrighi, Serena Barello, Alessandra Di Carlo, Federica Martinetti, Paolo Formenti, Paolo Spanu, Gaetano Iapichino, for the SedaEN investigators |
Abstract |
A relevant innovation about sedation of long-term Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients is the 'conscious target': patients should be awake even during the critical phases of illness. Enteral sedative administration is nowadays unusual, even though the gastrointestinal tract works soon after ICU admission. The enteral approach cannot produce deep sedation; however, it is as adequate as the intravenous one, if the target is to keep patients awake and adapted to the environment, and has fewer side effects and lower costs. |
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