Association between hospital volume and network membership and an analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score: A cohort study

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Dale, Christopher R ^a   Hayden, Shailaja J ^a   Treggiari, Miriam M ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a   Seymour, Christopher W ^b   Yanez III, N David ^a   Fan, Vincent S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA SEDATION AND DELIRIUM ORDER SET QUALITY SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARDS;

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANALGESIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84862266731     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11390     Document Type: Article

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