Sleep Science (Sep 2024)

Can Improving Postoperative Sleep Speed Up Surgical Recovery?

  • Flavia Rodrigues da Silva,
  • Renato de Carvalho Guerreiro,
  • Amaury Tavares Barreto,
  • Valdênio Martins Brant,
  • Andressa Silva,
  • Marco Túlio De-Mello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1785522
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 03
pp. e335 – e338

Abstract

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Sleep disturbance is common during recovery after surgical procedures and may have an important effect on mortality, and quality of life. Sleep restriction/deprivation, including decreased quantity and continuity, is common in patients who are patients and persons with acute and chronic illnesses. Age, gender, illness, primary sleep disorders, environment, and medical treatment factors are thought to influence sleep throughout the preoperative period, hospitalization, and recovery. Resulting sleep pattern disturbances include decreases in circadian patterning, continuity, duration, and perceived (subjective) sleep quality. This article synthesizes sleep disturbance in patients who have undergone surgery and highlights sleep strategies to improve faster surgical recovery.

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