Commentary: Balancing sedation and analgesia in the critically ill

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1015-1027

  Park, Gilbert ^a   Coursin, Douglas ^b   Ely, E Wesley ^c   England, Michael ^d   Fraser, Gilles L ^e,f   Mantz, Jean ^g   McKinley, Sharon ^h   Ramsay, Michael ⁱ   Scholz, Jens ^j   Singer, Mervyn ^k   Sladen, Robert ^l   Vender, Jeffery S ^m   Wild, Lorie ⁿ  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^k ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^l College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^m NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; CAREGIVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TITRIMETRY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0035189375     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0704(05)70192-5     Document Type: Article

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