Perspectives on sedation assessment in critical care

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-395

  Olson, DaiWai M ^a,b   Thoyre, Suzanne M ^a   Auyong, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; Critical care; Sedation assessment

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SLEEP;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL CARE; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP;

EID: 35848967756     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000298630.53276.be     Document Type: Review

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