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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1785522
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Can Improving Postoperative Sleep Speed Up Surgical Recovery?

Flavia Rodrigues da Silva 
1   Multidisciplinary Center on Somnolence and Accidents, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Renato de Carvalho Guerreiro
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3   Sports Training Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Amaury Tavares Barreto
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3   Sports Training Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Valdênio Martins Brant
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3   Sports Training Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Andressa Silva
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3   Sports Training Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
,
Marco Túlio De-Mello
2   Psychobiology and Physical Exercise Study Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3   Sports Training Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Abstract

Sleep disturbance is common during recovery after surgical procedures and may have an important effect on mortality, and quality of life. Sleep restriction/deprivation, including decreased quantity and continuity, is common in patients who are patients and persons with acute and chronic illnesses. Age, gender, illness, primary sleep disorders, environment, and medical treatment factors are thought to influence sleep throughout the preoperative period, hospitalization, and recovery. Resulting sleep pattern disturbances include decreases in circadian patterning, continuity, duration, and perceived (subjective) sleep quality. This article synthesizes sleep disturbance in patients who have undergone surgery and highlights sleep strategies to improve faster surgical recovery.

Keywords

surgery - sleep - sleep initiation and maintenance disorders


Publication History

Received: 24 April 2023

Accepted: 20 October 2023

Article published online:
13 May 2024

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