Sedation and delirium in the intensive care unit

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 444-454

  Reade, Michael C ^a   Finfer, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OLANZAPINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGITATION; ALGORITHM; ANALGESIA; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR THE ICU; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE DELIRIUM SCREENING CHECKLIST; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RICHMOND AGITATION SEDATION SCALE; RIKER SEDATION AGITATION SCALE; SEDATION;

EID: 84893032098     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1208705     Document Type: Review

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