Evidence and consensus-based German guidelines for the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in intensive care--short version.

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Published in Ger Med Sci on February 02, 2010

Authors

Jörg Martin1, Anja Heymann, Katrin Bäsell, Ralf Baron, Rolf Biniek, Hartmut Bürkle, Peter Dall, Christine Dictus, Verena Eggers, Ingolf Eichler, Lothar Engelmann, Lars Garten, Wolfgang Hartl, Ulrike Haase, Ralf Huth, Paul Kessler, Stefan Kleinschmidt, Wolfgang Koppert, Franz-Josef Kretz, Heinz Laubenthal, Guenter Marggraf, Andreas Meiser, Edmund Neugebauer, Ulrike Neuhaus, Christian Putensen, Michael Quintel, Alexander Reske, Bernard Roth, Jens Scholz, Stefan Schröder, Dierk Schreiter, Jürgen Schüttler, Gerhard Schwarzmann, Robert Stingele, Peter Tonner, Philip Tränkle, Rolf Detlef Treede, Tomislav Trupkovic, Michael Tryba, Frank Wappler, Christian Waydhas, Claudia Spies

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, Klinik am Eichert, Göppingen, Germany.

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