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Why we should sedate unresponsive patients after resuscitation

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Sandroni

  2. Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Sandroni

  3. Critical Care Unit, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK

    Jasmeet Soar

  4. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK

    Jerry P. Nolan

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Sandroni, C., Soar, J. & Nolan, J.P. Why we should sedate unresponsive patients after resuscitation. Intensive Care Med 47, 809–810 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06423-0

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