Clinical use and safety of volatile anaesthetic sedation in mechanically ventilated adult patients: a retrospective single-centre cohort study

Christopher Remmington; Luigi Camporota; Christopher Meddings; Fraser Hanks; Daniel Taylor; Angelo Sousa; Barnaby Sanderson; Guy Glover

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.031

Clinical use and safety of volatile anaesthetic sedation in mechanically ventilated adult patients: a retrospective single-centre cohort study

Br J Anaesth. 2024 May 7:S0007-0912(24)00190-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.031. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Christopher Remmington¹, Luigi Camporota², Christopher Meddings³, Fraser Hanks⁴, Daniel Taylor³, Angelo Sousa³, Barnaby Sanderson³, Guy Glover³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pharmacy and Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. Electronic address: christopher.remmmington@gstt.nhs.uk.
² Departments of Pharmacy and Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences (CHAPS), School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Departments of Pharmacy and Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Departments of Pharmacy and Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.

PMID: 38719698
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.031

No abstract available

Keywords: acute respiratory distress syndrome; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; isoflurane; mechanical ventilation; opioid; sedation; sevoflurane; volatile anaesthetic sedation.

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Letter