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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002
Sedative medications are widely used in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Structured assessment of sedation and agitation is useful to titrate sedative medications and to evaluate agitated behavior, yet existing sedation scales have limitations.
C. Sessler +7 more
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Sedative medications are widely used in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Structured assessment of sedation and agitation is useful to titrate sedative medications and to evaluate agitated behavior, yet existing sedation scales have limitations.
C. Sessler +7 more
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Sleep in the intensive care unit
Intensive Care Medicine, 2004Abnormalities 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 circadian rhythm is markedly diminished or lost. Judgments based on inspection consistently overestimate sleep time and do not detect sleep disruption.
Sairam Parthasarathy, Martin J. Tobin
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2010
This chapter discusses the provision of palliative care in ICUs, with an emphasis on end-of-life care. Specifically, challenges and barriers to providing such care in ICUs are described, and recommendations are offered for the provision of symptom assessment and management.
Jennifer McAdam, Kathleen Puntillo
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This chapter discusses the provision of palliative care in ICUs, with an emphasis on end-of-life care. Specifically, challenges and barriers to providing such care in ICUs are described, and recommendations are offered for the provision of symptom assessment and management.
Jennifer McAdam, Kathleen Puntillo
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New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1988
AbstractA short‐term service for those who are most severely ill, the intensive care unit provides twenty‐four‐hour nursing care and monitoring to help stabilize patients so that they can return to the day hospital for definitive treatment.
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AbstractA short‐term service for those who are most severely ill, the intensive care unit provides twenty‐four‐hour nursing care and monitoring to help stabilize patients so that they can return to the day hospital for definitive treatment.
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INFECTION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1976An epidemic of infection associated with Serratia marcescens and other Gram‐negative organisms resistant to aminoglycosides and other chemotherapeutic agents occurred in the Intensive Care Unit, and spread to other areas of the hospital. This paper describes the problems of sepsis in the critically ill patient, outlines the occurrence of organisms in ...
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THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AS A TRAUMA UNIT [PDF]
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2000 The ICU plays a pivotal role in the care of the critically injured patient. From the resuscitative phase of care through the life-support phases and finally the recovery phase, advances in ICU care have been made in recent years. As a result, an improved outcome for traumatically injured patients often is seen, and the third peak in the trimodal ...
Samuel A. Tisherman +2 more
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