Quality assessment of sedation in intensive care

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 942-946

  Tallgren, M ^a,b   Pettila V ^a   Hynninen, M ^a  

^a Meilahti Hospital   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Critical care; Guideline; Quality improvement; Ramsay scale; Sedation

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RAMSAY SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33747659642     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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