Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 22-31 , February 2006

Nurses’ and physicians’ sedation practices in Danish ICUs in 2003: A national survey

  • Ingrid Egerod

      Affiliations

    • The University Hospitals Centre for Nursing and Care Research (UCSF), Rigshospitalet, Department 7331, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 35 45 73 36; fax: +45 35 45 73 99.
    • ,
  • Birgitte V. Christensen

      Affiliations

    • Glostrup Hospital Copenhagen County, Anesthesia Department Y13, Ndr. Ringvej, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
    • Tel.: +45 43 23 23 00.
    • ,
  • Lena Johansen

      Affiliations

    • Glostrup Hospital Copenhagen County, Anesthesia Department Y13, Ndr. Ringvej, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
    • Tel.: +45 43 23 23 00.

,Accepted 14 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.02.003

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