March CHEST and MedPage Today #pulmCCMPT Twitter Chat: Sleep in the ICU
March 15, 2019
Join CHEST and MedPage Today on Thursday, March 21, at 7 pm Central/8 pm Eastern as we discuss another hot topic in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The topic? How quality of sleep can affect patient outcomes in the ICU.
Ask any patient – trying to sleep in the hospital is nearly impossible. With the alarms and the beeping, the noises, and the lights, by the time you drift off to sleep, something else is waking you up! And in the ICU, these factors are even more pronounced.
However, we know that promoting sleep in the ICU setting can reduce delirium and improve outcomes, both short and long term.
In this month’s chat we will discuss how quality of sleep can affect patient outcomes in the ICU using the hashtag #pulmCCMPT!
Topics
T1: How is sleep disturbed in the ICU and what are some of the benefits of improving sleep?
T2: What steps can we take to improve and promote sleep?
T3: How do we assess quality of sleep in the ICU?
T4: How is your sleep affected after discharge from an ICU?
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