Ewa D. Bieber, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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The Meaning of Monitoring to Patients and their Families in Critical Care Units
July 7, 2026
Patients and family members in ICUs frequently focus on the numeric displays of monitoring devices to feel that they are in control, rather than adrift in a helpless situation.
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Managing Anxiety, Agitation, and Pain in Critically Ill Patients
April 1, 2025
Pain, fear, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and agitation are common symptoms among critically ill patients, causing distress, interfering with medical care, and contributing to morbidity post discharge.
