Monday, February 20, 2017

Sleep in ICU

(A relatively less discussed issue in ICU - sleep pattern in critically ill patients)

 "....it is possible that the modern critical care experience—including acute illness, a nontherapeutic environment for sleep and wakefulness, and exposure to multiple medications affecting neurotransmitter balance—engenders new sleep disturbances that persist in some subjects after intensive care. This is similar to the development of new or worsening cognitive function after critical illness and reflects shared mechanisms in the brain. Thus, there is a need for well-designed prospective studies that characterize sleep and circadian disruption throughout critical illness and recovery while examining their relationship to long-term neuropsychiatric outcomes."


Read:  Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit - A. Pisani & Coll. - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Home -  Vol. 191, No. 7 | Apr 01, 2015


weblink: http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.201411-2099CI

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