Optimizing sedation in critically ill patients: by technology or change of culture?

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Thomas Stroem et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;8(12):E1676-E1678.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.87.

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; ; University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial.
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