Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jul 1995
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialGastric emptying following brain injury: effects of choice of sedation and intracranial pressure.
To compare the effects of opioid and non-opioid sedation on gastric emptying. ⋯ Gastric emptying is not improved in patients with brain injury by avoiding morphine (1-8 mg/h) in the sedative regimen. Intracranial hypertension is associated with reduced gastric emptying.