1. Volatile sedation practices in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome under VV-ECMO support.
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Alcántara Carmona, Sara, del Saz, Ana, Contreras, Sofía, Riera, Jordi, Blandino, Aaron, Gómez, José Manuel, García, Andoni, Tormo, Sergi, Pérez Torres, Manuel, Joya Montosa, Carolina, García Sánchez, Manuela, Temprano Vázquez, Susana, and Royuela, Ana
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ADULT respiratory distress syndrome ,PROPOFOL infusion syndrome - Abstract
This document is a letter published in the journal Intensive Care Medicine. It discusses a study conducted in eleven Spanish ECMO centers on the use of volatile sedation (VS) in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who are receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) therapy. The study found that VS led to a decrease in the need for intravenous sedation in these patients, without significantly affecting sedation depth or opioid usage. It also showed potential benefits in terms of oxygenation and mechanical ventilation parameters. The study suggests that the use of VS in this population is feasible and may have positive effects, but further research is needed to confirm these findings. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and written informed consent was waived due to its retrospective design. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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