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Monday, 25 March 2013

The effect of a quality improvement intervention on perceived sleep quality and cognition in a medical ICU

The effect of a quality improvement intervention on perceived sleep quality and cognition in a medical ICU.  Critical care medicine, March 2013, Vol. 41(3), p.800-09.

Kamdar, B.B., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2013/03000/The_Effect_of_a_Quality_Improvement_Intervention.12.aspx

 An ICU-wide quality improvement intervention to improve sleep and delirium is feasible and associated with significant improvements in perceived nighttime noise, incidence of delirium/coma, and daily delirium/coma-free status. Improvement in perceived sleep quality did not reach statistical significance.

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