Abstract
To the Editor: The thrust of the study by Anand and Hickey (Jan. 2 issue)* is that the use of deep levels of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia is safer and results in improved outcome in critically ill infants more often than the use of lighter levels of anesthesia and analgesia. Although that concept may be true, it is in no way validated by the study by Anand and Hickey. This is a study of two concurrent phenomena — light versus deep anesthesia and halothane, ketamine, morphine, and diazepam versus sufentanil and fentanyl — and it is impossible to distinguish the…
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 124-127 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 327 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 9 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine