Isoflurane promotes early spontaneous breathing in ventilated intensive care patients: a post hoc subgroup analysis of a randomized trial.
Lukas Martin Müller-WirtzFlorian BehneAzzeddine KermadGudrun WagenpfeilMatthias SchroederDaniel I SesslerThomas VolkAndreas MeiserPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2021)
Isoflurane compared to propofol sedation promotes early spontaneous breathing in deeply sedated ventilated intensive care patients. The benefit appears to be a direct effect isoflurane rather than being mediated by opioids or arterial carbon dioxide.