Monitoring Sedation Status Over Time in ICU Patients

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Authors

E. Wesley Ely · Vanderbilt University

Brenda Truman · American Medical Association

Ayumi Shintani · Vanderbilt University

Abstract

The RASS demonstrated excellent interrater reliability and criterion, construct, and face validity. This is the first sedation scale to be validated for its ability to detect changes in sedation status over consecutive days of ICU care, against constructs of level of consciousness and delirium, and correlated with the administered dose of sedative and analgesic medications.

Topics & Keywords

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 289, Issue 22, pp. 2983-2983

DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.22.2983

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