Rachel R. Hammer, MD
Department of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
Rounds in the General Hospital
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.
