Observations of Acoustic Interruptions Versus Ambient Sound Levels With Perceived Sleep Quality During Critical Illness

Observations of Acoustic Interruptions Versus Ambient Sound Levels With Perceived Sleep Quality During Critical Illness

ICUs are loud and there is an association between ambient sound and worsened sleep quality. In contrast to ambient sound, short acoustic interruptions or sound spikes—for example, brief alarm tones—cause arousal from sleep in healthy patients, but remain understudied in critically ill patients, desp...

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Main Authors: Alexandra K. Almberg, DNP, Nathan Mitchell, Joseph E. Tonna, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-02-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000342

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