Journal of Critical Care 2014-12-01

Correlation of patient-reported outcomes of sedation and sedation assessment scores in critically ill patients

Neal Benedict, Matthew Felbinger, Ty Ridenour, Ananth Anthes, Shoroq Altawalbeh, Sandra Kane-Gill

Index: J. Crit. Care 29(6) , 1132.e5-9, (2014)

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Abstract

Purpose Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are recommended as indicators of quality in the intensive care unit. We studied the correlation between PROs of sedation quality and a universal sedation assessment scale in critically ill patients.