Sedation with alfentanil versus fentanyl in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: outcomes from a single-centre retrospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: No differences in patient outcomes were found between extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients sedated with alfentanil compared with fentanyl. There was a statistically significant reduction in some adjunctive sedatives in patients managed with a fentanyl-based regimen. Prospective studies are required to confirm these results. PMID: 31296116 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31296116?dopt=Abstract

Source: Perfusion - July 11, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Barker M, Dixon AA, Camporota L, Barrett NA, Wan RYY Tags: Perfusion Source Type: research