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Opioids and benzodiazepines
M J Murray1, M L DeRuyter, B A Harrison
1Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Critical Care Clinics
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Most patients in the intensive care unit experience pain and anxiety, which are treated most commonly with an opioid or a benzodiazepine. These compounds are effective and have a well-established safety record. With the exception of associated respiratory depression, they have a relatively wide therapeutic window. New approaches and formulations for opioids and benzodiazepines are being used with continued success in the clinical setting.