The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale: Validity and reliability in adult intensive care unit patients

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1338-1344

  Sessler, Curtis N ^a,b   Gosnell, Mark S ^a   Grap, Mary Jo ^a   Brophy, Gretchen M ^a   O'Neal, Pam V ^a   Keane, Kimberly A ^a   Tesoro, Eljim P ^a   Elswick, R K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Mechanical ventilation; Scale; Sedation; Validation

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037111193     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2107138     Document Type: Article

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