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Volatile sedation in sepsis: a promising therapeutic approach or a venture doomed to fail?


Schläpfer, Martin; Beck-Schimmer, Beatrice (2022). Volatile sedation in sepsis: a promising therapeutic approach or a venture doomed to fail? BJA Open, 3:100021.

Abstract

Preclinical strategies targeting sepsis often had a single target and could not be translated into the clinical setting. Volatile sedation modulates multiple aspects of inflammation and improves sepsis-related survival in animal models. Whether a similar effect can be achieved in humans is unclear. Only a prospective clinical trial will be able to answer this question. The implementation of such a study in times when volatile anaesthetics are the focus of attention because of their greenhouse effect and their carbon dioxide emission will be a challenge, even though the alternative, i.v. sedation, is still insufficiently investigated in this respect.

Abstract

Preclinical strategies targeting sepsis often had a single target and could not be translated into the clinical setting. Volatile sedation modulates multiple aspects of inflammation and improves sepsis-related survival in animal models. Whether a similar effect can be achieved in humans is unclear. Only a prospective clinical trial will be able to answer this question. The implementation of such a study in times when volatile anaesthetics are the focus of attention because of their greenhouse effect and their carbon dioxide emission will be a challenge, even though the alternative, i.v. sedation, is still insufficiently investigated in this respect.

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Item Type:Journal Article, not_refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Physiology
07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Physiology

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Institute of Anesthesiology
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Language:English
Date:1 September 2022
Deposited On:06 Jan 2023 17:50
Last Modified:11 Jan 2023 10:45
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:2772-6096
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2022.100021
  • Content: Published Version
  • Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)