The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale Should Not Be Used to Evaluate Neurologic Function

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¹ Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland; Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalarde Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uniklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany; Department of Intensive Care, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Jean-Louis Vincent et al. Crit Care Med. 2016 Jun.

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. 2016 Jun;44(6):e450.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001597.

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland; Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalarde Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Uniklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany; Department of Intensive Care, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Vasilevskis EE, Ely EW, Girard TD. Vasilevskis EE, et al. Crit Care Med. 2016 Jun;44(6):e451-2. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001748. Crit Care Med. 2016. PMID: 27182878 No abstract available.

Validity of a Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score Using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale.
Vasilevskis EE, Pandharipande PP, Graves AJ, Shintani A, Tsuruta R, Ely EW, Girard TD. Vasilevskis EE, et al. Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):138-46. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001375. Crit Care Med. 2016. PMID: 26457749 Free PMC article.