How Your Patients' Non-REM Sleep Changes On Sedatives in the Intensive Care Units

Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effect of two standard of care sedative medications on sleep stages and total sleep time. The investigators hypothesize that the α2 agonist, dexmedetomidine, will improve sleep quality by increasing N2 and N3 sleep as well as total sleep time when compared to GABA agonists.

Timeline

Start

2009-01

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2013-12

Drugs

Indications