High-tech assessment of patient comfort in the intensive care unit: Time for a new look

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1919-1920

  Crippen, David ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADAPTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; STRESS; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036345693     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200208000-00049     Document Type: Editorial

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