Automated Near Real-Time Ventilator Data Feedback Reduces Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Events: A Retrospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Critical care teams are encouraged to follow best practice protocols to help wean mechanically ventilated patients from the ventilator to reduce ventilator-associated events including ventilator-associated conditions, probable ventilator-associated pneumonias, and infection-related ventilator-associated conditions. Providers monitor for alerts suggestive of possible ventilator-associated events and advise when patients should undergo spontaneous breathing trials. Compliance with protocols in most units is suboptimal.

Design

Retrospective review of clinical data over 24 months.

Setting

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Candler Hospital Medical-Surgical ICU.

Patients

All mechanically ventilated patients.

Interventions

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SUBMITTER: Augustus Oglesby HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature