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‘In a dark place, we find ourselves’: light intensity in critical care units

Overview of attention for article published in Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, February 2017
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#31 of 533)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (92nd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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Title
‘In a dark place, we find ourselves’: light intensity in critical care units
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40635-017-0122-9
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Authors

Hannah J. Durrington, Richard Clark, Ruari Greer, Franck P. Martial, John Blaikley, Paul Dark, Robert J. Lucas, David W. Ray

Abstract

Intensive care units provide specialised care for critically ill patients around the clock. However, intensive care unit patients have disrupted circadian rhythms. Furthermore, disrupted circadian rhythms are associated with worse outcome. As light is the most powerful 're-setter' of circadian rhythm, we measured light intensity on intensive care unit. Light intensity was low compared to daylight during the 'day'; frequent bright light interruptions occurred over 'night'. These findings are predicted to disrupt circadian rhythms and impair entrainment to external time. Bright lighting during daytime and black out masks at night might help maintain biological rhythms in critically ill patients and improve clinical outcomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 23%
Student > Postgraduate 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Student > Master 3 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 5%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 11 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 10%
Neuroscience 4 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 5%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 14 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 26. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2024.
All research outputs
#1,470,075
of 25,312,451 outputs
Outputs from Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
#31
of 533 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#31,082
of 432,276 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
#2
of 8 outputs
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