Sedation assessment in critically III adults

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1624-1632

  Devlin, J W ^a   Fraser, Gilles L ^b,c   Kanji, Salmaan ^d   Riker, Richard R ^c  

^a DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critical care; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035668373     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1A117     Document Type: Article

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