Sleep is an important physiologic process, and lack of sleep is associated with a host of
adverse outcomes. Basic and clinical research has documented the important role circadian …

Objective: To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management
of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU. Design:

Rationale: Sleep disturbance during intensive care unit (ICU) admission is common and
severe. Sleep disturbance has been observed in survivors of critical illness even after …

There is a growing population of older adults requiring admission to the intensive care unit
(ICU). This population outpaces the ability of clinicians with geriatric training to assist in their …

Objectives: Numerous risk factors for sleep disruption in critically ill adults have been
described. We performed a systematic review of all risk factors associated with sleep …

Objective To explore nurses' experiences and perceptions of delirium, managing delirious
patients, and screening for delirium, five years after introduction of the Confusion …

Objectives To synthesize and evaluate current non-pharmacological sleep interventions for
critically ill adult patients in intensive care units and provide recommendations for future …

Intensive care unit (ICU) environment has a very strong and unavoidable negative impact on
patients' sleep. Sleep deprivation in ICU patients has been already studied and negative …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is
performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle …

Sleep disturbance is commonly encountered amongst intensive care patients and has
significant psychophysiological effects, which protract recovery and increases mortality. Bio …