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Plenary Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Sleep deprivation has deleterious effects on immune function, wound healing, insulin resistance, pain, and even mortality. Patients in hospitals often suffer from sleep deprivation due to environmental noise and interruptions from staff. The American Academy of Nursing Choosing Wisely guidelines recommend not to “wake the patient for routine care unless the patient’s condition or […]
Plenary Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Sleep deprivation has deleterious effects on immune function, wound healing, insulin resistance, pain, and even mortality. Patients in hospitals often suffer from sleep deprivation due to environmental noise and interruptions from staff. The American Academy of Nursing Choosing Wisely guidelines recommend not to “wake the patient for routine care unless the patient’s condition or […]
Abstract Number: 84
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Disruptions in normal life routines (such as sleep, function, nutrition, etc.) that commonly occur as part of routine hospital care may be traumatic for acutely ill patients and lead to a generalized condition of high risk after discharge that has been described as “post-hospitalization syndrome.” We created the ARCHES cohort study to measure these […]
Abstract Number: 178
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Baystate Children’s Hospital serves a population that is vulnerable to unsafe sleep practices. By July 2017, there were 6 cases of accidental infant deaths in Hampden County MA, attributed to unsafe sleeping practices, primarily due to co-sleeping. In Springfield, MA, infant mortality rate (9.2%) is double that of the state rate (4.4%). Rates of […]
Abstract Number: 338
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Evidence-based medicine and research are the backdrops to our everyday practice of medicine. Although there are defined steps in carrying research project to publication, there is paucity in the translation of research to practice.(1,2) Over 45% hospitalized patients report poor sleep during their most vulnerable time citing the hospital environment and sleep disruptions from […]