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MEDICAL PRACTICE TODAY

Sedative drug surveys in coma

how reliable are they?

A. Earl WalkerUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineAlbuquerque
, MD &
Gaetano F. MolinariGeorge Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesWashington, DC
, MD
Pages 105-109 | Published online: 07 Jul 2016
 
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Abstract

Routine blood tests of comatose patients for drugs that depress the CNS are highly desirable, but techniques of analysis are not well standardized and the results do not correlate well with clinical condition. Determining the role of sedative drugs in coma requires a high degree of suspicion and sound clinical judgment.

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