Association of rosuvastatin and delirium in severe sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Affiliations

¹ VA Western New York Healthcare System, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
² VA Western New York Healthcare System, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Comment

Leili Pourafkari et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;8(8):E775-7.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.05.82.

¹ VA Western New York Healthcare System, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
² VA Western New York Healthcare System, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Authors' response to commentaries on rosuvastatin for delirium and cognitive impairment in sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Ely EW, Hough CL, Morris PE, Mendez-Tellez PA, Wozniak AW, Hopkins RO, Needham DM. Dinglas VD, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov;8(11):E1534-E1536. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.53. J Thorac Dis. 2016. PMID: 28066653 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Rosuvastatin versus placebo for delirium in intensive care and subsequent cognitive impairment in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: an ancillary study to a randomised controlled trial.
Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Dinglas VD, Hough CL, Wozniak AW, Jackson JC, Morris PE, Mendez-Tellez PA, Ely EW, Hopkins RO. Needham DM, et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Mar;4(3):203-12. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)00005-9. Epub 2016 Jan 29. Lancet Respir Med. 2016. PMID: 26832963 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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