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Podcasts from Critical Care Practitioner. This is a series of podcasts which aim to discuss current issues in Critical Care and Social Media. Critical care Practitioner interviews other practitioners and updates on new research and practices within the speciality.

Mar 17, 2016

Characterisation of sleep in intensive care using 24-hour polysomnography: an observational study.

This was a very enlightening discussion with Rosalind Elliott from Sydney about her study. Our poor ITU patients are struggling to get any decent sleep- what can we do to help them?

Rosalind Elliott qualified as a nurse...


Mar 2, 2016

Non-pharmacological interventions for sleep promotion in the intensive care unit

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Oct

It is well-known that patients in the intensive care units do suffer from a lack of sleep and frequent sleep disturbances.

This is a Cochrane review looking at the efficacy of nonpharmacological...