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Trial reportRespiratory care2015

NICU bedside caregivers sustain process improvement and decrease incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants < 30 weeks gestation.

Sara J Mola, David J Annibale, Carol L Wagner, Thomas C Hulsey, Sarah N Taylor

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Trial report in Respiratory care, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sara J MolaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland smola@peds.umaryland.edu.
David J AnnibaleDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina.
Carol L WagnerDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina.
Thomas C HulseyDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina.
Sarah N TaylorDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina.
Medical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Laura F. Gibson · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe objective of this study was to investigate whether a respiratory care bundle, implemented through participation in the Vermont Oxford Network-sponsored Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative (NIC/Q 2005) and primarily dependent on bedside caregivers, resulted in sustained decrease in the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in infants < 30 wk gestation.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted. Infants inborn between 23 wk and 29 wk + 6 d of gestation were included. Patients with congenital heart disease, significant congenital or lung anomalies, or death before intubation were excluded. Four time periods (T1-T4) were identified: T1: September 1, 2002 to August 31, 2004; T2: September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2006; T3: September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2008; T4: September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2010.

resultsA total of 1,050 infants were included in the study. BPD decreased significantly in T3 post-implementation of the respiratory bundle compared with T1 (29.9% vs 51.2%, respectively; adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.06 [95% CI 0.03-0.13], P = < .001). The decrease was not sustained into T4. There was a significant increase in the rate of BPD-free survival to discharge in T3 compared with T1 (53.1% vs 47%; aOR = 1.68 [95% CI 1.11-2.56], P = .01) that was also not sustained. The rate of infants requiring O2 at 28 d of life decreased significantly in T3 versus T1 (40.3% vs 69.9%, respectively; aOR = 0.12 [95% CI 0.07-0.20], P = < .001). Increases in the rate of surfactant administration by 1 h of life and rate of caffeine use were observed in T4 versus T1, respectively. There was a significant decrease in median ventilator days and a significant increase in the median number of noninvasive CPAP days throughout the study period.

conclusionsIn this study, implementation of a respiratory bundle managed primarily by nurses and respiratory therapists was successful in increasing the use of less invasive respiratory support in a consistent manner among very low birthweight infants at a single institution. However, this study and others have failed to show sustained improvement in the incidence of BPD despite sustained process change.

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CaregiversInfant, Very Low Birth WeightIntensive Care Units, NeonatalPoint-of-Care SystemsBronchopulmonary DysplasiaFemaleGestational AgeHumansIncidenceInfant, NewbornMalePulmonary SurfactantsRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsUnited StatesPulmonary Surfactantsbedside caregiverbronchopulmonary dysplasiamechanical ventilationNICUprematurityvery low birthweight

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PMID25425704
PMCPMC4480610
OpenAlexW2156577073

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