Effects of sedation on clinical, gasometric, and respiratory muscle parameters in critically ill chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Abstract Background Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation requiring mechanical ventilation is commonly encountered in the ICU. Sedation is necessary to facilitate mechanical ventilation. The effect of no-sedation strategy on different patient parameters on the ventilator h...

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Main Authors: Atef F. Alkarn, Mohamed F. Abdelghany, Mohammad G. A. Khalaf, Emad Z. Kamel, Wafaa A. H. Gadalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_79_18