Changing sedation practices in the intensive care unit - Protocol implementation, multifaceted multidisciplinary approach and teamwork

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 429-447

  Arabi, Yaseen ^a,b   Haddad, Samir ^c   Hawes, Rebecca ^c   Moore, Theresa ^c   Pillay, Monica ^c   Naidu, Brintha ^c   Issa, Anwar ^c   Yeni, Barbara ^c   Grant, Craig ^c   Alshimemeri, Abdullah ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Education; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Protocol; Resource utilization; Sedation; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 34547147934     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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