Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2010
Multicenter StudyPredictors for daily interruption of sedation therapy by nurses: a prospective, multicenter study.
The aim of the study was to identify the nurse and patient-related factors predicting daily interruption of sedation (DIS) performance by nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Educational strategies and institutional protocols focused on improving use of DIS need to consider the various nurse- and patient-related factors that affect DIS performance by nurses in the ICU.