The effect of exogenous melatonin and melatonin receptor agonists on intensive care unit and hospital length of stay: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS One · 2025 · PMC12416736 · PMID 40920753

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While this did not reach statistical significance as per Egger’s test (T = −2.08, p = 0.054), when bias-correction was applied to the meta-analysis ( Table S7 ) it resulted in a statistically insignificant MD ( p -values > 0.05). 3.5.2 Relationship between exogenous melatonin or ramelteon treatment in the intensive care unit, and total hospital length of stay.

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