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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

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Physiologic stability and patient comfort during varying<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> sedation in mechanically ventilated adults.<br />

Mary Jo Grap, PhD, RN, FAAN<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong><br />

Richmond, VA 23298-0567<br />

Email: mjgrap@vcu.edu<br />

Curtis N. Sessler MD, FCCM, FCCP<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />

Richmond, VA 23298<br />

Al M. Best, PhD<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Dept <strong>of</strong> Biostatistics<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />

Richmond, VA 23298<br />

Paul Wetzel PhD<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Dept <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Engineering<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> Engineering<br />

Richmond, VA 23298<br />

Anne Hamilton RN, MSN, FNP<br />

Project Director, SAVE study<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong><br />

Karen Mellott RN, MS<br />

Doctoral candidate<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong><br />

Richmond, VA 23298-0567<br />

Cindy L. Munro PhD, RN, FAAN<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Virginia Commonwealth University <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong><br />

Richmond, VA 23298-0567<br />

Background: Eighty-five percent <strong>of</strong> ICU patients receive sedation<br />

to attenuate the anxiety and agitation associated with mechanical<br />

ventilation. Inappropriately high levels <strong>of</strong> sedation prolong duration<br />

<strong>of</strong> mechanical ventilation and increase ventilator associated<br />

pneumonia; low levels <strong>of</strong> sedation increase risk for self-extubation,<br />

hemodynamic instability and physical injury. Sedation scales are<br />

used to assess sedation level, however, the extent to which varying<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> sedation actually achieve the goals <strong>of</strong> physiologic stability<br />

and comfort is unknown.<br />

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