1.0 BACKGROUND ACTIGRAPHY HAS BEEN USED TO STUDY SLEEP/WAKE PATTERNS
FOR OVER 20 YEARS. The advantage of actigraphy over traditional polysomnography …

During the last decade actigraphy (activity-based monitoring) has become an essential tool
in sleep research and sleep medicine. The validity, reliability and limitations of actigraphy for …

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:

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prev... : Critical Care Medicine Executive Summary: Clinical
Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium …

Antecedentes Los adultos en las unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI) a menudo
presentan falta de sueño o interrupciones frecuente del sueño. Las intervenciones no …

Study Objectives: To evaluate the ability of actigraphy compared to polysomnography (PSG)
to detect wakefulness in subjects submitted to 3 sleep conditions with different amounts of …

Abnormalities of sleep are extremely common in critically ill patients, but the mechanisms
are poorly understood. About half of total sleep time occurs during the daytime, and …

Objectives: To evaluate whether the use of exogenous melatonin affects sleep, reduces the
prevalence of delirium, and decreases the need for analgosedation and to assess whether …

Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are susceptible to sleep deprivation. Disrupted sleep
is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the critically ill patients. The etiology …

Introduction Sleep disturbances are common in critically ill patients and when sleep does
occur it traverses the day-night periods. The reduction in plasma melatonin levels and loss …