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SAS is both reliable (high interrater agreement) and valid (high correlation with the Harris and Ramsay scales) in assessing agitation and sedation in adult ICU patients. SAS provides additional information by stratifying agitation into three categories (compared with one for the Ramsay scale) without sacrificing validity or reliability.
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Richard R. Riker
Jean T. Picard
Gilles L. Fraser
Critical Care Medicine
Maine Medical Center
Maine Medical Center
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8b59517a1cc0598d17f5a — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199907000-00022