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Sedation Level Score

Patient Behavior Score
Anxious or agitated, or both 1
Cooperative, oriented, and calm 2
Responds only to commands 3
Asleep but sensitive to a gentle touch or loud stimulus 4
Asleep but sluggish response to a gentle touch or loud stimulus 5
No response 6

Explanation

This scale can be used for all patients receiving sedation or anesthetic drugs, and sedation depth should be maintained between scores of 2-5.

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