The Efficacy of Nurse-driven, Protocol Guided Ventilator Weaning in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

NCT ID: NCT00786617

Last Updated: 2015-03-20

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

202 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-12-31

Study Completion Date

2008-06-30

Brief Summary

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1. Mechanically ventilated patients weaned by nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol will have a mean length of stay on ventilator at least one day shorter than patients weaned by physician-initiated, non-protocol methods
2. Mechanically ventilated patients weaned by nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol will have al least similar Ventilator, ICU, and Hospital Length Of Stay (LOS) compared to patients weaned by physician-initiated, non-protocol method
3. Nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol is well accepted by other services: physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists.

Detailed Description

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Ventilatory support is one of the most common indications for admission to ICU (1).

The duration of mechanical ventilation is associated with several serious complications, increase mortality, prolong ICU stay, and increase hospital cost (7,8).

Traditionally, the process of ventilator weaning is initiated and carried out my physicians.

Recently, there have been few studies that supported the utility of protocol guided weaning algorithms. Its use have been associated with earlier initiation of weaning, leading to shorter ventilator time, and a trend for shorter ICU length-of-stay and lower hospital costs (1,2,4,9) Several studies have also shown the relative safety of utilizing nursing (3) and RT staff alone or in cooperation with medical staff in the weaning of patients from mechanical ventilation (1,2,6).

We recently developed a nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol for all ICUs at St. Luke's and Roosevelt hospitals. The protocol was approved by the Critical Care Committee and is implemented as of May 2007. All ICU nurses, respiratory therapists, and ICU physicians have been educated on this protocol We plan to prospectively collect data to look at length of stay on mechanical ventilation in patients weaned by nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol. We plan to compare such data to retrospectively collected ventilator LOS data in patients weaned by physician-initiated ventilator weaning method.

Conditions

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Vent Weaning in Medical- Surgical ICUs

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Nurse-driven

Mechanically ventilated patients weaned by nurse-driven ventilator weaning protocol

No interventions assigned to this group

Physician-initated

Mechanically ventilated patients weaned by physician-initiated, non-protocol methods

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Receiving MV for at least 24 hours in the ICU
* Meeting established protocol criteria for a vent wean trial

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients in whom MV was actively withdrawn for terminal wean
* Brain dead patients on MV
* Age \<18 years old
* Transfers from other hospitals or health care facility who were ventilator dependent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hassan Khouli, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

References

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Kollef MH, Shapiro SD, Silver P, St John RE, Prentice D, Sauer S, Ahrens TS, Shannon W, Baker-Clinkscale D. A randomized, controlled trial of protocol-directed versus physician-directed weaning from mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med. 1997 Apr;25(4):567-74. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199704000-00004.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9142019 (View on PubMed)

Thorens JB, Kaelin RM, Jolliet P, Chevrolet JC. Influence of the quality of nursing on the duration of weaning from mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Crit Care Med. 1995 Nov;23(11):1807-15. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199511000-00004.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7587255 (View on PubMed)

Ramachandran V, Grap MJ, Sessler CN. Protocol-directed weaning: a process of continuous performance improvement. Crit Care. 2005 Apr;9(2):138-40. doi: 10.1186/cc3053. Epub 2005 Jan 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15774063 (View on PubMed)

Ely EW, Baker AM, Dunagan DP, Burke HL, Smith AC, Kelly PT, Johnson MM, Browder RW, Bowton DL, Haponik EF. Effect on the duration of mechanical ventilation of identifying patients capable of breathing spontaneously. N Engl J Med. 1996 Dec 19;335(25):1864-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199612193352502.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8948561 (View on PubMed)

Marelich GP, Murin S, Battistella F, Inciardi J, Vierra T, Roby M. Protocol weaning of mechanical ventilation in medical and surgical patients by respiratory care practitioners and nurses: effect on weaning time and incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Chest. 2000 Aug;118(2):459-67. doi: 10.1378/chest.118.2.459.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10936141 (View on PubMed)

Salam A, Tilluckdharry L, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. Neurologic status, cough, secretions and extubation outcomes. Intensive Care Med. 2004 Jul;30(7):1334-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-004-2231-7. Epub 2004 Mar 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14999444 (View on PubMed)

Kress JP, Pohlman AS, O'Connor MF, Hall JB. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 18;342(20):1471-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200005183422002.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10816184 (View on PubMed)

Dries DJ, McGonigal MD, Malian MS, Bor BJ, Sullivan C. Protocol-driven ventilator weaning reduces use of mechanical ventilation, rate of early reintubation, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. J Trauma. 2004 May;56(5):943-51; discussion 951-2. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000124462.61495.45.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15179231 (View on PubMed)

Wood G, MacLeod B, Moffatt S. Weaning from mechanical ventilation: physician-directed vs a respiratory-therapist-directed protocol. Respir Care. 1995 Mar;40(3):219-24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10141679 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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07-122

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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