Journal of advanced nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Daily interruption of sedative infusions in an adult medical-surgical intensive care unit: randomized controlled trial.
This article is a report of a study conducted to determine if a nursing-implemented protocol of daily interruption of sedative infusions vs. sedation as directed by the intensive care unit team would decrease duration of mechanical ventilation. ⋯ The nursing-implemented protocol of daily interruption of sedative infusions was neither beneficial nor harmful compared with usual practice, which has as its primary target the earliest possible awakening of patients.