Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2019
Meta AnalysisNon-opioid analgesics as adjuvants to opioid for pain management in adult patients in the ICU: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
To identify the impact of non-opioid analgesics as adjuvants to opioid on opioid consumption and its side effects, as well as the analgesic effectiveness in adult patients in the ICU. ⋯ Non-opioid analgesics as adjuvants to opioid reduced the consumption and the side effects of opioids in adult surgical and Guillain-Barre syndrome patients in the ICU.