Awareness With Paralysis in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Emergency Department and ICU: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Awareness with paralysis is a devastating complication for mechanically ventilated patients and can carry long-term psychologic sequelae. Hundreds of thousands of patients require mechanical ventilation in the emergency department and ICU annually, yet awareness has only been rigorously examined in the operating room (incidence ~0.1%). This report collates the global literature regarding the incidence of awareness with paralysis outside of the operating room.

Data sources

We searched OvidMedline, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, conference proceedings, and reference lists.

Study selection

Randomized or nonrandomized studies (except single case studies) reporting on aw

SUBMITTER: Pappal RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902430 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature