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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Heads Up

Pick up a copy of today's (Feb. 5, 2008) USA Today newspaper and read:

> An article about sleep deprivation in the ICU.

> An article about age and organ transplant.

Both articles can be found on page 12D.

Nate
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2008 at 9:03 PM

    Thanks for the info link to USA Today. Very interesting. It helps understand a little more what you were talking about.

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  2. Renee'February 5, 2008 at 9:13 PM

    Don't have the paper, but googled sleep deprivation in the ICU and came up with another interesting article on ICU psychosis... http://www.medicinenet.com/icu_psychosis/article.htm

    It states that sleep deprivation could be a major contributing factor.

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  3. OceanDesertFebruary 5, 2008 at 9:15 PM

    Nate, thanks for the leads on these articles! Dr. Ardehali at UCLA will actually be my tx surgeon.. hopefully soon! :)

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  4. islandgirlartFebruary 5, 2008 at 9:16 PM

    here's the link for the icu article
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-02-04-ICU-sleep_N.htm

    and for the organ transplant
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-02-04-transplant_N.htm

    here's another interesting article on a new breakthrough

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-24-transplants_N.htm

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  5. ShanFebruary 5, 2008 at 10:14 PM

    While in ICU after the birth of our son, my ADLs (bathing/dressing) were completed at 3 a.m. every single day. I barely slept the 9 days in ICU and it wasn't until I was given a sleeping pill on day 24 that I truly slept - and then did so the next 18 hours! My doctors always joked that if I wanted to sleep the hospital was not the place to be - how right they were. Keeping you all in our prayers.

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  6. SaraFebruary 6, 2008 at 5:06 AM

    I hope I can get those articles online since I'm in London, England - thanks for the info Nate!

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