A Quasi-Experimental, Before-After Trial Examining the Impact of an Emergency Department Mechanical Ventilator Protocol on Clinical Outcomes and Lung-Protective Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of an emergency department mechanical ventilation protocol on clinical outcomes and adherence to lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Design

Quasi-experimental, before-after trial.

Setting

Emergency department and ICUs of an academic center.

Patients

Mechanically ventilated emergency department patients experiencing acute respiratory distress syndrome while in the emergency department or after admission to the ICU.

Interventions

An emergency department ventilator protocol which targeted variables in need of quality improvement, as identified by prior work: 1) lung-protective tidal volume, 2) appropriate setting of positive end-expiratory pressure, 3) oxygen weaning, and 4) hea

SUBMITTER: Fuller BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5350028 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature