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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Finds Recommended ICU Sedatives Equally Safe, Effective
February 03, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 3 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

Sedative medications used in intensive care are associated with increased delirium, which is in turn connected with higher medical costs and greater risk of death and ICU-related dementia.

A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine provides the most definitive evidence to date that, of the two drugs recommended for light sedation of patients r . . .

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