Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 189-195 , August 2010

International variations in outcomes from sedation protocol research: Where are we at and where do we go from here?

  • Mark O’Connor

      Affiliations

    • Alfred Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 93831453.
    • ,
  • Tracey Bucknall

      Affiliations

    • Cabrini/Deakin Centre for Nursing Research, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Manias

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Level 5, 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2010.05.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 189-195 , August 2010

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