Talwar Arunabh, Liman Baba, Greenberg Harley, Feinsilver Steven H, Vijayan V K
Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, USA.
Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2008 Jan-Mar;50(1):151-62.
Sleep is commonly disrupted in intensive care unit patients. The causes of this sleep disruption include the underlying medical illness itself, intensive care unit (ICU) environment, psychological stress, and effects of many medications and other treatments used to help those who are critically ill. The purpose of this review is to discuss the relevant literature in this regard, in order to improve the knowledge and recognition of this problem by health care providers. Also general and specific integrative steps to improving sleep of patients in the ICU is also described.
重症监护病房的患者睡眠常常受到干扰。这种睡眠干扰的原因包括潜在的内科疾病本身、重症监护病房(ICU)环境、心理压力以及用于帮助重症患者的许多药物和其他治疗的影响。本综述的目的是讨论这方面的相关文献,以提高医护人员对该问题的认识和识别能力。此外,还描述了改善ICU患者睡眠的一般和具体综合措施。