Journal article
The Effect of ICU Sedation Guidelines and Pharmacist Interventions on Clinical Outcomes and Drug Cost
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To measure the effect of evidence-based intensive care unit (ICU) sedation guidelines and interventions by a pharmacist to promote these guidelines on the weaning time from mechanical ventilation and sedation drug cost.
DESIGN: Before-after study.
Authors
Devlin JW; Holbrook AM; Fuller HD
Journal
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 689–695
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
June 1997
DOI
10.1177/106002809703100604
ISSN
1060-0280