Measuring quality of sedation in adult mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: The Vancouver Interaction and Calmness Scale

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 908-919

  De Lemos, Jane ^a   Tweeddale, Martin ^b   Chittock, Dean ^b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Reliability; Responsiveness; Sedation; Sedation scale; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEDATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0033829570     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00208-0     Document Type: Article

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