An alert tool to promote lung protective ventilation for possible acute respiratory distress syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Computer-aided decision tools may speed recognition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and promote consistent, timely treatment using lung-protective ventilation (LPV). This study evaluated implementation and service (process) outcomes with deployment and use of a clinical decision support (CDS) synchronous alert tool associated with existing computerized ventilator protocols and targeted patients with possible ARDS not receiving LPV.

Materials and methods

We performed an explanatory mixed methods study from December 2019 to November 2020 to evaluate CDS alert implementation outcomes across 13 intensive care units (ICU) in an integrated healthcare system with >4000 mechanically ventilated patients annually. We utilized quantitative methods to measure ser

SUBMITTER: Knighton AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9263532 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature