Virginia L. Ghafoor; Lauren S. Silus Disclosures Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68 (6):523-527.

Introduction Patients undergoing heart valve surgery are predominantly transferred postoperatively to the intensive care unit (ICU) under continuous sedation. Volatile anaesthetics are an increasingly ...

Current sedation guidelines also recommend the use of DIS to shorten the duration of mechanical ventilation and ICU length of stay, decrease drug accumulation, and prevent associated complications ...