Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Pediatric ICU Sedation Weaning Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A risk stratified sedation weaning protocol improved patient outcomes in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). We sought to determine the protocol effect on medication costs.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational cohort study in an academic tertiary care children's hospital PICU (2018-2020) comparing the cost when weaning benzodiazepine, alpha agonist, and/or opioid infusions in intubated children <18 years of age.

Results

There were 84 total sedation weaning instances (pre-protocol n = 41 and post-protocol n = 41); 2 patients had 2 encounters, 1 in each phase. The total cost (in 2022 United States Dollars) of sedation weaning was $400,328.87 ($15,994.44/kg) pre-protocol compared with $170,458.85 ($11,227.52/kg) post-protocol. The median cost of s

SUBMITTER: Velez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472412 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature