Role of organisational structure in implementation of sedation protocols: A comparison of Canadian and French ICUs

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 715-721

  Dodek, Peter ^a,b,c   Chanques, Gerald ^d   Brown, Glen ^e   Norena, Monica ^b   Grubisic, Maja ^b   Wong, Hubert ^b,c   Jaber, Samir ^d  

^a Providence Health Care Canada   (Canada)

^b Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION;

AGED; APACHE; CANADA; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866487735     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000083     Document Type: Article

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