Why is lightening sedation in critically ill patients so difficult?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1573-1575

  Chanques, Gerald ^a   Jaber, Samir ^a  

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Author keywords

analgesia; ICU; mental disorders; pain; quality improvement; sedation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIGHTENING SEDATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878568914     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828044ab     Document Type: Editorial

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