Creation of the Prevention of Organ Failure Checklist. A Multidisciplinary Approach Using the Modified Delphi Technique.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Respiratory failure represents a major risk for morbidity and mortality. Although generally managed in the intensive care unit (ICU), respiratory failure often begins elsewhere. Checklists of care processes to minimize the duration of mechanical ventilation and adverse events are routinely used in the ICU, but are uncommonly used outside the ICU.

Objectives

To develop consensus among a multidisciplinary expert panel on care practices to include in a checklist of best practices for critically ill patients with respiratory failure before and after ICU admission.

Methods

A multidisciplinary expert panel was assembled. The panel was tasked with creating a checklist of care processes aimed at decreasing progression to respiratory failure, duration of mechanical v

SUBMITTER: Pearl JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018924 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature