Post‐intensive care syndrome: its pathophysiology, prevention, and future directions

S Inoue, J Hatakeyama, Y Kondo… - Acute medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Expanding elderly populations are a major social challenge in advanced countries
worldwide and have led to a rapid increase in the number of elderly patients in intensive …

WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region: a systematic review on environmental noise and effects on sleep

M Basner, S McGuire - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
To evaluate the quality of available evidence on the effects of environmental noise exposure
on sleep a systematic review was conducted. The databases PSYCINFO, PubMed, Science …

Guidelines for intensive care unit design

DR Thompson, DK Hamilton, CD Cadenhead… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To develop a guideline to help guide healthcare professionals participate
effectively in the design, construction, and occupancy of a new or renovated intensive care …

Technological distractions (part 2): a summary of approaches to manage clinical alarms with intent to reduce alarm fatigue

BD Winters, MM Cvach, CP Bonafide, X Hu… - Critical care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Alarm fatigue is a widely recognized safety and quality problem where exposure
to high rates of clinical alarms results in desensitization leading to dismissal of or slowed …

Healing built-environment effects on health outcomes: Environment–occupant–health framework

Y Zhang, P Tzortzopoulos… - Building research & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
An investigation examined the structured scientific evidence on healthcare facilities (the
healing built environment–HBE) and its impact on patients' health outcomes under a holistic …

Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit: a quantitative and qualitative analysis

D Schwarzkopf, S Behrend, H Skupin… - Intensive care …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose To assess family satisfaction in the intensive care unit (ICU) and areas for
improvement using quantitative and qualitative analyses. Methods Prospective cohort study …

Objective sleep characteristics and factors associated with sleep duration and waking during pediatric hospitalization

R Stremler, S Micsinszki, S Adams… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Children's sleep may be affected by hospitalization, yet few objective
determinations of sleep patterns are reported for children in intensive care or general …

Noise pollution in intensive care unit: a hidden enemy affecting the physical and mental health of patients and caregivers

J Pal, M Taywade, R Pal, D Sethi - Noise and Health, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Noise in intensive care units (ICUs) has always been a problem, but noise
above the recommended range affects not only the patient but staff as well. It is clear that …

Evaluation of the sensory environment in a large tertiary ICU

O Tronstad, D Flaws, S Patterson, R Holdsworth… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background ICU survival is improving. However, many patients leave ICU with ongoing
cognitive, physical, and/or psychological impairments and reduced quality of life. Many of …

Reducing hospital noise: a review of medical device alarm management

A Konkani, B Oakley, TJ Bauld - Biomedical Instrumentation & …, 2012 - array.aami.org
Increasing noise in hospital environments, especially in intensive care units (ICUs) and
operating rooms (ORs), has created a formidable challenge for both patients and hospital …