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Journal of critical care · Aug 2019
Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational StudyDifferences in prevalence of ICU protocols between neurologic and non-neurologic patient populations.
- Michael E Billington, Raghu R Seethala, Peter C Hou, Sukhjit S Takhar, Reza Askari, Imo P Aisiku, and USIITG-CIOS investigators.
- Harvard University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Electronic address: mbillington@bwh.harvard.edu.
- J Crit Care. 2019 Aug 1; 52: 63-67.
PurposeTo compare the differences in the presence of protocols aimed at addressing complications for neurologically injured patients vs. non-neurologic injured patients in a large sample of ICUs across the United States.Materials And MethodsProspective observational multi-center cohort study. This was a subgroup analysis of the multi-centered prospective observational cohort study of medical, surgical, and mixed intensive care units from across the country. USCIITG-CIOS study group.ResultsSixty-nine ICUs participated in the study of which 25 (36%) were medical, 24 were surgical (35%) and 20 (29%) were of mixed type, and 64 (93%) were in teaching hospitals. There were 6179 patients across all sites with 1266 (20.4%) with central nervous system diagnoses. Protocol utilization in central nervous system vs. non- central nervous system patients was as follows: Sedation interruption 973/1266 (76.9%) vs. 3840/4913 (78.2%) (p = .32); acute lung injury ventilation 847/1266 (66.9%) vs. 4069/4913 (82.8%) (p < .0001); ventilator associated pneumonia 1193/1266 (94.2%) vs. 4760/4913 (96.9%) (p < .0001); ventilator weaning 1193/1266 (94.2%) vs. 4490/4913 (91.4%) (p = .0009); and early mobility 378/1266 (29.9%) vs. 1736/4913 (35.3%) (p = .0002).ConclusionIn this cohort, we found differences in the prevalence of respiratory illness prevention protocols between critically ill patients with neurologic illness and the general critically ill population.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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