Implementation of an institutional program to improve clinical and financial outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients: One-year outcomes and lessons learned

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2752-2763

  Burns, Suzanne M ^a,b   Earven, Sidenia ^b   Fisher, Charles ^b   Lewis, Rose ^b   Merrell, Paul ^b   Schubart, Jane R ^b   Truwit, Jonathon D ^b,c   Bleck, Thomas P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns Wean Assessment Program; Long term mechanical ventilation; Multidisciplinary pathways; Sedation protocols; System initiatives approaches; Weaning; Weaning outcomes; Weaning protocols

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEANING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0346491733     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000094217.07170.75     Document Type: Article

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