Sedation depth and mortality: a large randomized trial is required.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Depth of sedation as an interventional target to reduce postoperative delirium: mortality and functional outcomes of the Strategy to Reduce the Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients randomised clinical trial.British journal of anaesthesia · 2019
   Trial
2. Verification of the performance of the Bispectral Index as a hypnotic depth indicator during dexmedetomidine sedation.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022
   Article
3. The Impact of High Versus Low Sedation Dosing Strategy on Cognitive Dysfunction in Survivors of Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2015
   Review

Corrections and comments

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  Sedation depth during spinal anesthesia and survival in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture repair.2014

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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