Propofol curtails survival in perioperative and critically ill patients by a relative reduction of 10%: should propofol be abandoned?

Ann Transl Med. 2024 Oct 20;12(5):98. doi: 10.21037/atm-24-52. Epub 2024 Aug 30.

Authors

Benedicte Hauquiert¹, Sydney Blackman², Emily Perriens³, Maha Bendoumou³, Ileana Ene³, Aicha Van Engelgem³, Anaïs Carrasco Sanchez³, Maya Ramos Prieto³, Ovidiu Vornicu^{1

4}, Arnaud Robert¹, Gauthier Nendumba¹, Julien Moury¹, Anne-Sophie Dincq^{1

4}, Patrick Evrard¹, Pierre Bulpa¹, Isabelle Michaux¹, Patrick M Honore¹

Affiliations

¹ ICU Department, CHU UCL Godinne Namur, UCL Louvain Medical School, Yvoir, Belgium.
² Department of Gynecology, CHIREC Hospitals, ULB University, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Faculty of Medicine, ULB University, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Anesthesiology Department, CHU UCL Godinne Namur, UCL Louvain Medical School, Yvoir, Belgium.

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Keywords: Propofol; hypnotic agents; hypnotic rotation strategies; mortality; pharmacokinetics.

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