Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 1998
The clinical relevance of the Waterlow pressure sore risk scale in the ICU.
To evaluate whether the Waterlow pressure sore risk (PSR) scale has prognostic significance for intensive care patients. ⋯ The Waterlow PSR scale provides the medical and nursing staff at an early stage with reliable information about the risk patients have in developing a pressure sore.
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 1998
Noise sources and levels in the Evgenidion Hospital intensive care unit.
Noise sources and levels were evaluated in a six-bed intensive care unit (ICU) in Athens, Greece. Ten patients (six males, four females) completed specifically designed questionnaires, and at the same time nine 8-h sound measuring sessions took place. A Bruel and Kjaer 2231 sound-meter was used on the decibel-A scale combined with observation. ⋯ No reliable information was obtained from the questionnaires. ICU noise levels were higher by 27 dB(A) than recommended hospitals levels. To counteract noise pollution in ICUs, staff awareness and sensitivity are needed.