Factors affecting the use of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in the adult critical care unit: a clinician survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) involves an intricate interaction between patient, clinician and technology. To improve our understanding of this complex intervention and to inform future trials, this survey aimed to examine clinician attitudes, beliefs and barriers to NAVA use in critically ill adults within an institution with significant NAVA experience.

Methods

A survey of nurses, doctors and physiotherapists in four Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of one UK university-affiliated hospital (75 NAVA equipped beds). The survey consisted of 39 mixed open and structured questions. The hospital had 8 years of NAVA experience prior to the survey.

Results

Of 466 distributed questionnaires, 301 (64.6%) were returned from 236 nurses (78.4%), 53 doctors (1

SUBMITTER: Hadfield D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature