The study, called the “Randomized Trial of Sedative Choice for Intubation” will observe two medications that are most commonly used for sedation with intubations, ketamine and etomidate. While both ...

A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the specific sedatives used during critical illness in early childhood may have ...

Alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonists didn't get critically ill patients off the ventilator quicker than propofol in the head-to-head A2B trial. Median time from randomization to successful extubation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multicenter, randomized trial is planned to assess ketamine vs. etomidate in patients requiring intubation.

Listen to an interview with Richard Barton, M.D. and Nick Lonardo on The Scope Radio. Sedation is frequently required for mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients to reduce anxiety, ...

Both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be challenging to diagnose, and medication-driven episodes of sedation or hypoventilation are often overlooked as causes of acute ...