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Sleep and Sleep Deprivation Among Families in the ICU
Sleep is a biological necessity, and adequate sleep is important for neurocognitive health and wellbeing. Family members of intensive care patients may lack adequate sleep either due to the ICU environment (la...
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Open AccessPassive Immunity Trial for Our Nation (PassITON): study protocol for a randomized placebo-control clinical trial evaluating COVID-19 convalescent plasma in hospitalized adults
Convalescent plasma is being used widely as a treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the clinical efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma is unclear.
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Open AccessActigraphy-based sleep and activity measurements in intensive care unit patients randomized to ramelteon or placebo for delirium prevention
Patients in the ICU often sleep poorly for various reasons, which may predispose to delirium. We previously conducted a clinical trial in which we tested the efficacy of ramelteon, a melatonin-receptor agonist...
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Open AccessObjectively measured peri-vaccination sleep does not predict COVID-19 breakthrough infection
Prior studies have shown that sleep duration peri-vaccination influences an individual’s antibody response. However, whether peri-vaccination sleep affects real-world vaccine effectiveness is unknown. Here, we...
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Open AccessUsing New Technologies and Wearables for Characterizing Sleep in Population-based Studies
With the increasing prevalence of commercially available wearable digital devices in sleep medicine, this review aims to address some of the benefits and concerns with using these devices, with a specific focu...
