Noise levels in surgical icus are consistently above recommended standards

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 147-152

  Tainter, Christopher R ^a   Levine, Alexander R ^b   Quraishi, Sadeq A ^b   Butterly, Arielle D ^b   Stahl, David L ^c   Eikermann, Matthias ^b   Kaafarani, Haytham M ^b   Lee, Jarone ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; environmental; intensive care unit; noise; quiet; sound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NIGHT; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE STANDARD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUND INTENSITY; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84951907461     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001378     Document Type: Article

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