Delirium is a clinical syndrome occurring in heterogeneous patient populations. It affects 45–
87% of critical care patients and is often associated with adverse outcomes including …

Purpose To systematically review sleep evaluation, characterize sleep disruption, and
explore effects of sleepdisruption on outcomes in adult ICU patients. Materials and methods …

Background: Sleep and circadian disruption (SCD) is common and severe in the ICU. On the
basis of rigorous evidence in non-ICU populations and emerging evidence in ICU …

Background Environmental factors such as loud sounds and bright lights in intensive care
units can cause sleep disorders and delirium. Aim The present study aims to investigate the …

Introducción: El delirio es una condición que afecta la atención, conciencia y cognición,
especialmente en personas mayores. Puede resultar de enfermedades subyacentes o …

Delirium is associated with poor patient outcome. Critical‐care nurses maintain that patients
with disrupted sleep appear to develop delirium. We sought to explore whether improving …

Circadian rhythms are essential to physiological homeostasis, but often disrupted in the
intensive care unit (ICU) due to the absence of natural zeitgebers and exposure to …

Sleep disorders and circadian dysrhythmias are extremely prevalent in critically ill patients.
Impaired sleep has a variety of etiologies, exhibits a wide range of negative effects and …

This study was conducted to determine the effects of the use of ergonomic sleep mask on
sleep quality and comfort in intensive care patients. This randomised controlled …

Objectives To inform design of quality improvement tools specific to patients with prolonged
intensive care unit stay, we determined characteristics (format/content), development …