Pharmacist-developed sedation protocol and impact on ventilator days

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-408

  Hahn, Lindsay ^a   Beall, Jennifer ^b   Scott Turner, R ^c   Woolley, Thomas W ^b   Hahn, Martin ^d  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Skyline Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; medication safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHARMACIST; SEDATION; VENTILATOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

APACHE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PHARMACISTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881153801     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190012467209     Document Type: Article

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