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01-04-2015 | Editorial

Chronotypes, night shifts and intensive care

Authors: Andrew C. Argent, Julie Benbenishty, Hans Flaatten

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2015

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One of the underlying challenges of intensive care is the need to provide ongoing quality care 24 h per day, 7 days per week. In fact the time of highest physiological instability of patients who have undergone major surgical interventions during the day may be late at night. …

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Title: Chronotypes, night shifts and intensive care
Authors: Andrew C. Argent
Julie Benbenishty
Hans Flaatten
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3711-7

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