Open Medicine (Sep 2018)

Sleep deprivation in Intensive Care Unit – systematic review

  • Medrzycka-Dabrowska Wioletta,
  • Lewandowska Katarzyna,
  • Kwiecień-Jaguś Katarzyna,
  • Czyż-Szypenbajl Katarzyna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0057
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 384 – 393

Abstract

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Sleep disturbances in intensive care unit (ICU) patients have been studied worldwide for over 30 years. Factors contributing to sleep disturbances are still being identified, and therapeutic procedures aimed at the mitigation of such ailments are consequently being developed.

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