Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Discomfort and factual recollection in intensive care unit patients. | Available online http content 8 6 R467 Open Access Research Discomfort and factual recollection in intensive care unit patients Johannes P van de Leur1 Cees P van der Schans2 Bert G Loef3 Betto G Deelman4 Jan HB Geertzen5 and Jan H Zwaveling6 Physiotherapist Center for Rehabilitation University Hospital Groningen Groningen The Netherlands 2Professor of Nursing Science University for Professional Education Hanzehogeschool Groningen and Department of Health Sciences University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands 3Supervisor Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery University Hospital Groningen Groningen The Netherlands 4Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology Department of Neuropsychology University Hospital Groningen Groningen The Netherlands 5Professor of Rehabilitation Center for Rehabilitation University Hospital Groningen and Northern Center for Health Care Research Groningen The Netherlands 6Professor of Surgical Intensive Care Department General Surgery and Surgical Intensive Care Unit University Hospital Groningen Groningen The Netherlands Corresponding author Johannes P van de Leur Received 12 July 2004 Revisions requested 4 August 2004 Revisions received 7 September 2004 Accepted 17 September 2004 Published 28 October 2004 Critical Care 2004 8 R467-R473 DOI cc2976 This article is online at http content 8 6 R467 2004 van de Leur et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is cited. Abstract Introduction A stay in the intensive care unit ICU although potentially life-saving may cause considerable discomfort to patients. However retrospective assessment of discomfort is difficult because recollection of stressful events may be impaired by sedation and severe illness .