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ReviewCureus2025

Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy in Agitation Management in the Intensive Care Unit: A Narrative Review.

Riseethan Kirishnaventhan, German Corso, Suneet Patel, Sarah Batakanwa

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Riseethan KirishnaventhanMedicine, Saint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, AIA.
German CorsoChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry, Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, Harlingen, USA.
Suneet PatelMedicine, Saint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, AIA.
Sarah BatakanwaMedicine, Saint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, AIA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agitation, defined as excessive restlessness or psychomotor activity leading to potential harm or disruption, is a common and challenging complication in the intensive care unit (ICU), often associated with delirium, withdrawal syndromes, or environmental stressors. Monotherapy refers to the use of a single pharmacologic agent (commonly benzodiazepines or antipsychotics), whereas combination therapy involves the concurrent use of both classes. Agitation contributes to adverse outcomes, including prolonged mechanical ventilation, unintentional removal of intravenous lines, feeding tubes, or endotracheal tubes

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agitation managementantipsychoticsbenzodiazepinescombination therapymedical intensive care unit

Identifiers

PMID41341333
PMCPMC12669947

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