An investigation of sound levels on intensive care units with reference to the WHO guidelines

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Darbyshire, Julie L ^a   Young, J Duncan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE STANDARD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUND INTENSITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STANDARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NOISE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883268811     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12870     Document Type: Article

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