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Effect of a nursing-implemented sedation protocol on the duration of mechanical ventilation
Critical Care Medicine · 1999 · Vol. 27(12) · pp. 2609–2615
Alan D. Brook✉(Washington University in St. Louis)Thomas S. Ahrens(Washington University in St. Louis)Robyn Schaiff(Washington University in St. Louis)Donna Prentice(Washington University in St. Louis)Glenda Sherman(Washington University in St. Louis)William D. Shannon(Washington University in St. Louis)Marin H. Kollef(Washington University in St. Louis)
Abstract
The use of protocol-directed sedation can reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation, the intensive care unit and hospital lengths of stay, and the need for tracheostomy among critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure.
Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsSedationMedicineMechanical ventilationConfidence intervalAnesthesiaIntensive care unitRandomized controlled trialSurgeryIntensive care medicineInternal medicine
MeSH terms
AlgorithmsCritical CareFemaleHumansHypnotics and SedativesInfusions, IntravenousIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNursing CareRespiration, ArtificialTime FactorsProportional Hazards ModelsConscious Sedation
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