Differences in Care Provided in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) With Physician Versus Nurse Practitioner First Responders

Completed

Conditions studied: Critical Illness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare outcomes of patients that have received care in medical intensive care units in a tertiary care facility with two different models; the traditional model including resident, pulmonary fellow and attending physician and a nontraditional model which has Nurse Practitioners as the direct care deliverer, a pulmonary fellow, and an attending.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01323816

Run by

Naeem Ali, MD

People needed

3659

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients admitted to designated ICU between September 1, 2007 and September 30, 2010.

You may not qualify if…

• Not admitted to designated ICU.

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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