Assessing the reliability of the Sedation-Agitation Scale between nurses and doctors in a New Zealand ICU

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 220-222

  Ruseckaite, Rasa ^a   Bucknall, Tracey ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agitation; ICU; Sedation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349094471     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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