title: Sleep in mechanically ventilated patients.
abstract: People dependent on mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit sleep poorly. Less than half of their sleep occurs at night. Sleep architecture is abnormal, with occasional disappearance of some stages of sleep, and there are frequent arousals and awakenings. Because most arousals are associated with caregiving activities or noise, caregivers should consolidate care and decrease environmental noise. More research is needed on sleep and sleep promotion in mechanically ventilated patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Nursing Education Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. reishtei@nursing.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Reishtein
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017286:Polysomnography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012894:Sleep Stages; D017748:Time Management