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Analgesics and sedatives are administered to most patients who are being mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit (ICU), not only to combat anxiety, agitation, and pain but also to achieve optimal benefits of the ventilatory support. Historically, sedation has been administered via continuous infusion until it is determined that the patient can effectively breathe [...]
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MedWire News: Study findings suggest that the maturation of morphine metabolism may be delayed in ventilated preterm neonates, a finding that could be related to severity of illness in such infants.
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Charles Chazot, MD Guillaume Jean, MD Nat Clin Pract Nephrol ():, 2009. © 2009 Nature Publishing Group The duration and frequency of hemodialysis was determined empirically when this therapy first came into use, and treatment was commonly three 8 h sessions per week by the end of the 1960s. Subsequently, however, the growing number of [...]
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