Dexmedetomidine vs traditional sedative agents
Risk of coma · Critically ill patients requiring long‐term sedation during mechanical ventilation
It is very uncertain whether dexmedetomidine changes risk of coma compared with traditional sedative agents (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Alpha‐2 agonists for long‐term sedation during mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.69 [0.55, 0.86]1 study · 103 participantsVery low