The effect of melatonin on reduction in the need for sedative agents and duration of mechanical ventilation in traumatic intracranial hemorrhage patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Farhad SoltaniAmir SalariFatemeh Javaherforoosh ZadehNozar NassajjianFarahmand Kalantari

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2020)

This study presented that morphine consumption and mechanical ventilation time were significantly lower in the melatonin group than in the control. Also, rise in GCS in the melatonin group was faster in the melatonin group than in the control. The use of melatonin can be recommended for patients with ICH in the ICU for better outcomes.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
end stage renal disease
spinal cord injury
ejection fraction
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
newly diagnosed
type diabetes
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis