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. 2022 Jan 28;10:761815. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.761815

Table 1.

Classification criteria for the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SSICM) shift categories.

Category 1A 1B 2 3
Criteria NEMS > 30 or
NEMS ≥ 21 and SAS > 5
NEMS 21–30 and SAS ≤ 5
or
NEMS 13–20 and SAS >5
NEMS 13–20 and SAS ≤ 5
or
NEMS <13 and SAS > 5
NEMS <13 and SAS ≤ 5

NEMS, Nine Equivalents of nursing Manpower use Score; SAS, Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale.