Sedative medications are widely used in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Structured
assessment of sedation and agitation is useful to titrate sedative medications and to …

Abstract Background The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is a single tool that is
intuitive, is easy to use, and includes both agitation and sedation. The RASS has never been …

Objective Subjective scales to assess agitation and sedation in adult intensive care unit
(ICU) patients have rarely been tested for validity or reliability. We revised and prospectively …

Study Objectives. To determine the validity and reliability of the Sedation‐Agitation scale
(SAS) when administered by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses with no experience in its use …

Background Many sedation scales and tools have been developed and compared for
validity in critically ill patients. However, selection and use of sedation scales vary among …

ContextGoal-directed delivery of sedative and analgesic medications is recommended as
standard care in intensive care units (ICUs) because of the impact these medications have …

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Sedation scales are used to guide sedation protocols in
intensive care units (ICUs). However, no sedation scale in Portuguese has ever been …

Objective: To describe and analyze the development and psychometric properties of
subjective sedation scales developed for critically ill adult patients. Data Sources: PubMed …

Abstract Background The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), which assesses level
of sedation and agitation, is a simple observational instrument which was developed and …

Agitation: 1. Violent motion. 2. Strong or tumultuous emotion. Management of the agitated
patient is fast becoming an area of major breakthroughs for critical care medicine. To …