Improvement in Successful Extubation in Newborns After a Protocol-driven Approach: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Indian Pediatr
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2019 Sep; 56(9): 749-752
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-199384
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To reduce extubation failure rate by implementing protocol-driven ventilation andextubation strategies.Methods:
Quality improvement project in a level II neonatal care unitfrom April 2017 to January 2018. Ventilation and extubation protocols implemented from 1August, 2017. 18 ventilated newborns in the pre-protocol period, 16 in Plan-do-check-act(PDCA) cycle I and 17 in PDCA cycle II.Primary outcome wasextubation failure within thefirst 72 h of extubation.Results:
Extubation failure rate reduced from 41.7% (pre-protocolperiod) to 23.8% (PDCA 1 and 2, OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.12 to 1.59, P = 0.21). Median time to firstextubation attempt significantly decreased (71.5 h to 38 h, P=0.046).Conclusions:
Aprotocolized approach through quality improvement initiative demonstrated a sustainedimprovement in successful extubation with a significant reduction in the median time to firstextubation attempt in ventilated newborns
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IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
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Indian Pediatr
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2019
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