Development, implementation, and evaluation of an institutional daily awakening and spontaneous breathing trial protocol: A quality improvement project

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-197

  Kher, Sucharita ^a   Roberts, Russel J ^a   Garpestad, Erik ^a   Kunkel, Chris ^b   Howard, William ^a   Didominico, Dorothy ^a   Fergusson, Anne ^a   Devlin, John W ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

before after; critical care; daily awakening; daily interruption; intensive care unit; lorazepam; mechanical ventilation; midazolam; propofol; protocol; quality improvement; sedation; spontaneous breathing trial

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TIME;

BEFORE-AFTER; CRITICAL CARE; DAILY AWAKENING; DAILY INTERRUPTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LORAZEPAM; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; PROTOCOL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEDATION; SPONTANEOUS BREATHING TRIAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATOR WEANING; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84877978553     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066612444255     Document Type: Article

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