Clinical Trial: Impact of Neurochecks on Sleep in Critically Ill Adults
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Cerebral Aneurysm
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Impact of Neurochecks on Sleep in Critically Ill Adults
Brief Summary:
Background: Following acute brain injury (ABI), patients are monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU) where providers rely on frequent neurological examinations ("neurochecks") to assess for neurodeterioration.Serial neurochecks are part of guideline recommendations, but there is equipoise between hourly (Q1) and every-other-hour (Q2) evaluation.In the ICU, care-related awakenings occur frequently, but it is unclear if differential neurocheck frequencies result in differential sleep, providing the…
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