Helping Older Persons Emerge Stronger

Completed

Conditions studied: Delirium, Ventilators, Pain, Agitation, Anxiety

In brief

Select Specialty, a national network of more than 100 LTACHs across the United States, has expressed the desire to adopt the ABCDEF bundle as a "standard of care" for its patients. As part of this initiative, Select first plans to conduct an ABCDEF bundle quality improvement project in one of its local hospitals. The overall purpose of this before-after study is to study prospectively the process and effects of implementing the ABCDEF bundle into the everyday care of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation in the LTACH setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02863081

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

6

Starts

2016-07-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-09-19

Who can join

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

You may not qualify if…

• Severe neurologic deficits defined as coma (i.e., Richmond Agitation Sedation Score < -4 or -5 due to stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, cranial trauma, malignancy, anoxic brain injury, or cerebral edema)
• Inability to obtain informed consent from the patient's legally authorized representative (LAR) within 72 hours of meeting all inclusion criteria
• Chronic ventilator dependence that is deemed "not weanable" by admitting LTACH physician.

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University College of Nursing — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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