The Use of Volatile Anesthetics as Sedatives for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains to pose a high morbidity and mortality without any targeted therapies. Sedation, usually given intravenously, is an important part of clinical practice in intensive care unit (ICU), and the effect of sedatives on patients’ outcomes has been studied intensively. Although volatile anesthetics are not routine sedatives in ICU, preclinical and clinical studies suggested their potential benefit in pulmonary pathophysiology. This review will summarize the current knowledge of ARDS and the role of volatile anesthetic sedation in this setting from both clinical and mechanistic standpoints. In addition, we will review the infrastructure to use volatile anesthetics.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Translational Perioperative and Pain Medicine

• Publication date

  2019-02-21

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.31480/2330-4871/084PMID 30923729PMCID 6433148
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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