Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Fresh air for intensive care patients in the Netherlands: an example to be followed?

  • Letter
  • Published:
Intensive Care Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Kisacky J (2017) When fresh air went out of fashion at hospitals. Smithsonian Magazine

    Google Scholar 

  2. Bratman GN, Anderson CB, Berman MG, Cochran B, de Vries S, Flanders J et al (2019) Nature and mental health: an ecosystem service perspective. Sci Adv 5(7):eaax0903

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Bernhardt J, Lipson-Smith R, Davis A, White M, Zeeman H, Pitt N et al (2022) Why hospital design matters: a narrative review of built environments research relevant to stroke care. Int J Stroke 17(4):370–377

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Groen: goed voor de gezondheid-WUR, UN declares healthy environment -including clean air- a human right /Climate and Clean Air Coalition (ccacoalition.org)

  5. Alfredsson L, Armstrong BK, Butterfield DA, Chowdhury R, de Gruijl FR, Feelisch M et al (2020) Insufficient sun exposure has become a real public health problem. Int J Environ Res Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145014

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  6. Fazzini B, Sim GY (2021) Time outside for a long-term ventilated ICU patient. Intensive Care Med 47(10):1167–1168

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Eerste ic-dakterras van Nederland: ‘Hier knap je echt van op’/RTL Nieuws [press release]

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands

    Michael J. Blans & Aart Strang

Authors
  1. Michael J. Blans
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Aart Strang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michael J. Blans.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Blans, M.J., Strang, A. Fresh air for intensive care patients in the Netherlands: an example to be followed?. Intensive Care Med 49, 1411–1412 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07212-7

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07212-7

Search

Navigation