Intensive Care Nursing and Home Mechanical Ventilation
The research group for Intensive Care Nursing and Home Mechanical Ventilation focuses on all aspects of the two fields of study; intensive care nursing and home mechanical ventilation. In a five-year programme, The ICU Cognitive Rehabilitation Nursing Research Programme, we develop, test, evaluate and implement nurse-led interventions to support patients’ cognitive rehabilitation. And our research is supported by a Novo Nordisk Foundation grant of 7.5 million DKK.
Research areas
The group’s research falls into primarily three overall research areas:
- Intensive care nursing
- Humanising the ICU
- Follow-up interventions and post intensive care syndrome (PICS)
Read more about our research at the project website: www.icu-coghab.auh.dk
Recent publications
Galili, S. F., Nikolajsen, L., Bech, B. H., Kirkegaard, H. & Ahrensberg, J. (2024). As-needed opioid dosing for emergency patients with a daily use of opioids. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 68(3), 410-416. Article 14351. https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.14351
Hanifa, A. L., Svenningsen, H., Møller, A. N., Dreyer, P. & Holm, A. (2024). Cognitive impairment in critically ill patients and former critically ill patients: A concept analysis. Australian Critical Care, 37(1), 166-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2023.10.002
Alrø, A. B., Svenningsen, H., Nedergaard, H. K., Jensen, H. I. & Dreyer, P. (2024). Cognitive impairment in intensive care unit patients: A qualitative exploration through observations and interviews. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 81, Article 103611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103611
Bro, M. L., Finderup, J., Smilde, R., Dreyer, P. & Gram, B. (2024). Live music during haemodialysis: A multiple methods randomised controlled pilot study. Journal of Renal Care, 50(1), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12453
Lehmkuhl, L., Dreyer, P., Laerkner, E., Olsen, H. T., Jespersen, E. & Rothmann, M. J. (2024). Mobilisation during mechanical ventilation: A qualitative study exploring the practice of conscious patients, nurses and physiotherapists in intensive care unit. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33(4), 1493-1505. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16950
Uhrbrand, P. G., Rasmussen, M. M., Haroutounian, S. & Nikolajsen, L. (2023). An individualised tapering protocol reduces opioid use 1 year after spine surgery: A randomised controlled trial of patients with preoperative opioid use. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 67(8), 1085-1090. https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.14266
Friesgaard, K. D., Brix, L. D., Kristensen, C. B., Rian, O. & Nikolajsen, L. (2023). Clinical effectiveness and safety of intraoperative methadone in patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomised, blinded clinical trial. BJA Open, 7, Article 100219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100219
