Development and Pilot of a Checklist for Management of Acute Liver Failure in the Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute liver failure (ALF) is an ideal condition for use of a checklist. Our aims were to develop a checklist for the management of ALF in the intensive care unit (ICU) and assess the usability of the checklist among multiple providers.

Methods

The initial checklist was developed from published guidelines and expert opinion. The checklist underwent pilot testing at 11 academic liver transplant centers in the US and Canada. An anonymous, written survey was used to assess the usability and quality of the checklist. Written comments were used to improve the checklist following the pilot testing period.

Results

We received 81 surveys involving the management of 116 patients during the pilot testing period. The overall quality of the checklist was judged to be

SUBMITTER: Fix OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4866783 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature