Pushing the envelope to reduce sedation in critically ill patients

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ogundele, Olufunmilayo ^a   Yende, Sachin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 78650461164     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9339     Document Type: Note

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