Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS).

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Published in JAMA on June 11, 2003

Authors

E Wesley Ely1, Brenda Truman, Ayumi Shintani, Jason W W Thomason, Arthur P Wheeler, Sharon Gordon, Joseph Francis, Theodore Speroff, Shiva Gautam, Richard Margolin, Curtis N Sessler, Robert S Dittus, Gordon R Bernard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Tennessee Valley Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Nashville 37232, USA. wes.ely@vanderbilt.edu

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