Confirming the reliability of the Sedation-Agitation scale administered by ICU nurses without experience in its use

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-436

  Brandl, Katherine M ^a   Langley, Kay A ^a   Riker, Richard R ^d   Dork, Leslie A ^b   Qualls, Clifford R ^c   Levy, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035070140     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.21.5.431.34487     Document Type: Article

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