- Lack of sleep
- Leads to death faster than lack of food
- Reduces resp drive
- Inability to communicate (Pennock 1994, Villaire 1995)
- Fear
- Anxiety can lead to myocardial arrhythmias, ischaemia and MI
- Sensory
- Overload
- Monotony and loss of time
- Helplessness and loss
- Discomfort
- Physical restraints increases chances of self-extubation (Taggert, 1994)
- Sensory deprivation
- Increases threefold with no windows
- Emotional social confinement
Saturday 19 October 2013
Patient Stress on ITU
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