Treatment with neuromuscular blocking agents and the risk of in-hospital mortality among mechanically-ventilated patients with severe sepsis

Treatment with neuromuscular blocking agents and the risk of in-hospital mortality among mechanically-ventilated patients with sever sepsis. Critical care medicine, Jan 2014, Vol. 42(1), p.90-96.

Steingrub, J.S., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2014/01000/Treatment_With_Neuromuscular_Blocking_Agents_and.12.aspx

Recent trials suggest that treatment with neuromuscular blocking agents may improve survival in patients requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome. We examined the association between receipt of a neuromuscular blocking agent and in-hospital mortality among mechanically ventilated patients with severe sepsis.