Sleep in the intensive care unit

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 731-738

  Pisani, Margaret A ^a   Friese, Randall S ^b   Gehlbach, Brian K ^c   Schwab, Richard J ^d   Weinhouse, Gerald L ^e   Jones, Shirley F ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Critical illness; Polysomnography; Sleep disruption

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HORMONE;

ACTIMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIGHT; NOISE; PATIENT CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924593766     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2099CI     Document Type: Review

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