Enfermería intensiva
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Enfermería intensiva · Jan 2013
Observational Study[Quality of sleep in patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit].
Trouble sleeping is common in the elderly population and is attributed to changes that aging brings in the sleep architecture and circadian rhythm. The prevalence of insomnia shows a marked increase with advancing age, in a proportion of 14 to 32% among those over 65 years. If we add these physiological changes of sleep with those found in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the problem worsens. The prevalence of these disorders in these units is from 22 - 61%. Sleep deprivation may contribute to worsening of the patients. The main objective is to describe the quality of sleep of patients admitted to the Coronary ICU of the Hospital Miguel Servet and the environmental factors that contribute to these disorders. ⋯ Changes must be implemented in the unit that would favor restful sleep.
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Enfermería intensiva · Jan 2013
Observational Study[To go in-depth in the knowledge of the device to control fecal elimination in the critical patient].
To describe the general characteristics of the patient and device use. To know retention balloon pressure (RBP) and related factors. To identify rate of leakage incidence, relocation and perineal damage due to the device (PSD) and related risk factors. ⋯ Monitoring RBP may alert us about leakage presence and relocation need. Knowing associated risk factors to RBP, leakage and relocation would help to develop strategies to reduce their high incidence rate such as decreasing RBP by reducing inflated volume.