Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 9 , Pages 908-919, September 2000

Measuring quality of sedation in adult mechanically ventilated critically ill patients:

the Vancouver Interaction and Calmness Scale

  • Jane de Lemos

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Service Unit: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver General Hospital and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, 855 W 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1M9
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: 604 875 4077; fax: 604 875 5267.(J. de Lemos)
  • ,
  • Martin Tweeddale

      Affiliations

    • Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • ,
  • Dean Chittock

      Affiliations

    • Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • ,
  • for the Sedation Focus Group

      Affiliations

Received 26 May 1999; received in revised form 7 December 1999; accepted 21 January 2000.

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PII: S0895-4356(00)00208-0

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 9 , Pages 908-919, September 2000