Noise, stress, and annoyance in a pediatric intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Morrison, Wynne E ^a   Haas, Ellen C ^c   Shaffner, Donald H ^a   Garrett, Elizabeth S ^b   Fackler, James C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Heart rate; Noise; Nursing; Saliva; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CAFFEINE; CATECHOLAMINE;

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND INTENSITY; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA;

AMYLASES; BALTIMORE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; IRRITABLE MOOD; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037247995     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200301000-00018     Document Type: Article

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