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McCormick G, Mohr N, Ablordeppey E, Stephens R, Fuller B, Roberts B
Am J Emerg Med . 2024 Feb; 79:105-110. PMID: 38417220
Objectives: There is currently conflicting data as to the effects of hypercapnia on clinical outcomes among mechanically ventilated patients in the emergency department (ED). These conflicting results may be explained...
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Fuller B, Driver B, Roberts M, Schorr C, Thompson K, Faine B, et al.
Trials . 2023 Nov; 24(1):753. PMID: 38001507
Background: Awareness with paralysis (AWP) is memory recall during neuromuscular blockade (NMB) and can cause significant psychological harm. Decades of effort and rigorous trials have been conducted to prevent AWP...
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Stephens R, Filip A, Baumgartner K, Schwarz E, Liss D
J Med Toxicol . 2022 Jul; 18(4):344-349. PMID: 35790679
Introduction: Benzonatate is a local anesthetic-like sodium channel antagonist that is widely prescribed as an antitussive. While it may be reasonable to assume that patients would present with a prolonged...
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Stephens R, Evans E, Pajor M, Pappal R, Egan H, Wei M, et al.
Crit Care . 2022 Jun; 26(1):179. PMID: 35705989
Background: Mechanically ventilated patients have experienced greater periods of prolonged deep sedation during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Multiple studies from the pre-COVID era demonstrate that early deep sedation is...
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Fuller B, Roberts B, Mohr N, Faine B, Drewry A, Wessman B, et al.
Crit Care Med . 2022 Apr; 50(8):1224-1235. PMID: 35404327
Objectives: Deep sedation in the emergency department (ED) is common, increases deep sedation in the ICU, and is negatively associated with outcome. Limiting ED deep sedation may, therefore, be a...
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Stephens R, Evans E, Pajor M, Pappal R, Egan H, Wei M, et al.
Res Sq . 2022 Mar; PMID: 35262073
: Mechanically ventilated patients have experienced greater periods of prolonged deep sedation during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Multiple studies from the pre-COVID era demonstrate that early deep sedation is...
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Pappal R, Roberts B, Winkler W, Yaegar L, Stephens R, Fuller B
Crit Care Med . 2021 Feb; 49(3):e304-e314. PMID: 33566462
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...
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Fuller B, Roberts B, Mohr N, Pappal R, Stephens R, Yan Y, et al.
BMJ Open . 2020 Dec; 10(12):e041987. PMID: 33328261
Introduction: Sedation is a cornerstone therapy in the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilation and is highly influential on outcome. Early sedation depth appears especially influential, as early deep sedation...
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Stephens R, Liang S
Emerg Med Clin North Am . 2020 Nov; 39(1):101-121. PMID: 33218652
Over the past 2 decades, the population of immunocompromised patients has increased dramatically in the United States. These patients are at elevated risk for both community-acquired and opportunistic central nervous...
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Pappal R, Roberts B, Winkler W, Yaegar L, Stephens R, Fuller B
BMJ Open . 2020 Mar; 10(3):e034673. PMID: 32139489
Introduction: Accidental awareness with recall is one of the most feared complications for patients undergoing general anaesthesia and can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder in up to 70% of patients...