Effect of a nursing-implemented sedation protocol on the duration of mechanical ventilation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2609-2615

  Brook, Alan D ^a   Ahrens, Thomas S ^b   Schaiff, Robyn ^b   Prentice, Donna ^b   Sherman, Glenda ^b   Shannon, William ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Outcomes; Sedation; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033400647     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199912000-00001     Document Type: Review

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