Primary Intensivists and Primary Nurses to Decrease Pediatric ICU Length of Stay

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Conditions studied: ICU Length of Stay

In brief

This is a randomized control trial of PICU patients admitted for 7 days and expected to remain for at least another 3 days and who have a complex chronic condition. Patients will be randomized to usual care or usual care plus a primary intensivist and group of primary nurses (to facilitate passing of important patient information and informed, expedited decision-making). The primary research question is whether having a primary intensivist and nurses decreases PICU length of stay.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03364933

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

200

Starts

2018-02-01

Expected to finish

2020-02-03

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-27

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• PICU patients of any age who
• have a complex chronic condition
• have been admitted to the PICU for one week and are predicted by the PICU attending to continue to be admitted for at least another 3 days.

Where it is running

• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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