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Comfort in Intensive Care

July 28, 2014

Berlin's Charité hospital has two rooms in its intensive care unit that are completely separated from the rest. The medical equipment for monitoring the patients is completely hidden behind wooden walls.

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Image: Jola Rent

The LED ceiling glows in changing colors and noise is kept outside. It's part of a research project designed to ascertain whether comforting surroundings enhance patients' chances of recovery and reduce postoperative delirium and anxiety attacks. The data will be quantified and evaluated until early next year. This scientific pilot project could point the way to a revolution in intensive care.