title: Feasibility and toleration criteria in the withdrawal of sedation and mechanical ventilation in trauma patients.
abstract: Figueroa-Ramosa et al. (2013) concluded that the combination of sedation withdrawal and mechanical ventilation withdrawal trial was feasible and well tolerated. The conclusion is not well supported because of the absence of a comparison to the uncombined protocol and due to evidence that the patients did not tolerate them particularly well.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Institute for Quantitative Biology, East Tennessee State University, P.O. Box 70676, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA. Electronic address: glennl@etsu.edu.
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000379:methods*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Delirium; Intensive care; Sedation; Spontaneous; Trauma; Ventilation