Stimulant Therapy in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: Prescribing Patterns and Adverse Event Rates at 2 Level 1 Trauma Centers.
Megan E BarraSaef IzzyAliyah Sarro-SchwartzRonald E HirschbergNicole MazwiBrian L EdlowPublished in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2019)
Pharmacological stimulant therapy is infrequently prescribed but well tolerated in ICU patients with acute TBI at level 1 trauma centers. These retrospective observations provide the basis for prospective studies to evaluate the safety, optimal dose range, and efficacy of stimulant therapies in this population.
Keyphrases
- traumatic brain injury
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- primary care
- intensive care unit
- liver failure
- trauma patients
- emergency department
- autism spectrum disorder
- stem cells
- cross sectional
- drug induced
- cell therapy
- hepatitis b virus
- mechanical ventilation
- bone marrow
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- case control
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation