Protocolized Sedation vs Usual Care in Pediatric Patients Mechanically Ventilated for Acute Respiratory Failure

A. Q. Curley, Martha; Wypij, David; Scott Watson, R.; Jo C. Grant, Mary; A. Asaro, Lisa; M. Cheifetz, Ira; Dodson, Brenda; S. Franck, Linda; Gedeit, Rainer; Angus, Derek; A. Matthay, Michael

doi:10.1001/jama.2014.18399

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Protocolized Sedation vs Usual Care in Pediatric Patients Mechanically Ventilated for Acute Respiratory Failure

Published in JAMA • Jan 20, 2015

Authors:

Martha A. Q. Curley

David Wypij

R. Scott Watson

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Protocolized sedation improves clinical outcomes in critically ill adults, but its effect in children is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether critically ill children managed with a nurse-implemented, goal-directed sedation protocol experience fewer days of mechanical ventilation than...

Subject

Medicine

Sedation

Mechanical ventilation

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