[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Nonsedation vs. Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Nonsedation or Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: No Sedation: An Option in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients – MedPage Today (free registration required)

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In a randomized trial in 700 mechanically ventilated ICU patients, 90 day mortality was not different between no sedation compared to arousable sedation. There was a low rate of thromboembolic events but they were more numerous in the sedated group. #CCC49

— NEJM (@NEJM) February 16, 2020