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Physicians seek strategies to improve the quality of sleep in ICU, UT Southwestern researchers report

12-10-2007 · UT Southwestern Medical Center

The sleep patterns of patients in the intensive care unit are so superficial that they barely spend any time in the restorative stages of sleep that aid in healing, UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians have found.

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