Melatonin in ICU delirium: shining light on the hormone of darkness

Lisa Burry^{1

2}, Romain Sonneville^{3

4}, E Wesley Ely^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Departments of Pharmacy and Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. lisa.burry@sinaihealth.ca.
² Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. lisa.burry@sinaihealth.ca.
³ INSERM UMR1148, team 6, Université de Paris, 75018, Paris, France.
⁴ Intensive Care Medicine, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, 75018, Paris, France.
⁵ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁶ Division of Allergy, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Service, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA.

Editorial

Lisa Burry et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;48(4):479-481.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06656-7.

Lisa Burry^{1

2}, Romain Sonneville^{3

4}, E Wesley Ely^{5

6

7}

¹ Departments of Pharmacy and Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. lisa.burry@sinaihealth.ca.
² Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. lisa.burry@sinaihealth.ca.
³ INSERM UMR1148, team 6, Université de Paris, 75018, Paris, France.
⁴ Intensive Care Medicine, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard, 75018, Paris, France.
⁵ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁶ Division of Allergy, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Service, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA.

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Prophylactic melatonin for delirium in intensive care (Pro-MEDIC): a randomized controlled trial.
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