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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Reducing failed extubations in the intensive care unit.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement 2002 November
BACKGROUND: Failed extubation is associated with substantially increased morbidity, mortality, and costs for patients receiving mechanical ventilation. A study was designed in 1998 to identify risk factors for failed extubation and use a quality improvement model to reduce failed extubation rates in a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) in an academic hospital.
METHODS: Study design involved a prospective cohort SICU with a concurrent control SICU. The primary outcome was rate of failed extubations per 1,000 ventilator days. Information on risk factors for failed extubations was also collected. Performance improvement staff identified failed extubation patients, and respiratory therapy provided information on ventilator days. The quality improvement model implemented three phases between October 1998 and June 2000: (1) identifying factors associated with failed extubation, (2) developing a guideline to reduce failed extubation, and (3) implementing the guideline.
RESULTS: Significant factors associated with failed extubation included suctioning more frequently than every 4 hours versus the current model of "every 4 hours or greater" (odds ratio [OR] 11.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.5-88.3), being agitated or sedated versus being alert (OR 4.5, CI: 1.2-14.7), and oxygen saturation < or = 95% versus > or = 95% (OR 4.0; CI: 1.2-13). Failed extubation rate in the SICU decreased from 8/1,000 in October 1998 to 1.5/1,000 in June 2000, and control SICU rates remained unchanged (8/1,000).
DISCUSSION: The intervention significantly reduced the rate of failed extubation in the SICU. By employing a quality improvement model and identifying risk factors for failed extubation, providers should be able to decrease risk of failed extubation for SICU patients.
METHODS: Study design involved a prospective cohort SICU with a concurrent control SICU. The primary outcome was rate of failed extubations per 1,000 ventilator days. Information on risk factors for failed extubations was also collected. Performance improvement staff identified failed extubation patients, and respiratory therapy provided information on ventilator days. The quality improvement model implemented three phases between October 1998 and June 2000: (1) identifying factors associated with failed extubation, (2) developing a guideline to reduce failed extubation, and (3) implementing the guideline.
RESULTS: Significant factors associated with failed extubation included suctioning more frequently than every 4 hours versus the current model of "every 4 hours or greater" (odds ratio [OR] 11.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.5-88.3), being agitated or sedated versus being alert (OR 4.5, CI: 1.2-14.7), and oxygen saturation < or = 95% versus > or = 95% (OR 4.0; CI: 1.2-13). Failed extubation rate in the SICU decreased from 8/1,000 in October 1998 to 1.5/1,000 in June 2000, and control SICU rates remained unchanged (8/1,000).
DISCUSSION: The intervention significantly reduced the rate of failed extubation in the SICU. By employing a quality improvement model and identifying risk factors for failed extubation, providers should be able to decrease risk of failed extubation for SICU patients.
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