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Observational studyBMJ open2018

Protocol for a multicentre, prospective cohort study of practice patterns and clinical outcomes associated with emergency department sedation for mechanically ventilated patients: the ED-SED Study.

Brian M Fuller, Nicholas M Mohr, Brian W Roberts, Christopher R Carpenter, Marin H Kollef, Michael S Avidan

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Observational study in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Brian M FullerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Nicholas M MohrDepartments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Brian W RobertsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Christopher R CarpenterDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Marin H KollefDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Michael S AvidanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USCooper University Hospital · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn mechanically ventilated patients, sedation strategies are a major determinant of outcome. The emergency department (ED) is the earliest exposure to mechanical ventilation for hundreds of thousands of patients annually in the USA. The one retrospective study that exists regarding ED sedation for mechanically ventilated patients showed a strong association between deep sedation in the ED and worse clinical outcomes. This finding suggests that the ED may be an optimal location to study the impact of early sedation on outcome, yet a lack of prospective studies represents a knowledge gap in this arena. This protocol describes a prospective observational study aimed at further characterising ED sedation practices and assessing the relationship between ED sedation and clinical outcomes. An association between ED sedation and clinical outcomes across multiple sites would suggest the need for changes in the current sedation strategies used in the ED, and provide evidence for future interventional studies in this field. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a multicentre, prospective cohort study testing the hypothesis that deep sedation in the ED is associated with worse clinical outcomes. A cohort of over 300 mechanically ventilated ED patients will be included. The primary outcome is ventilator-free days, and secondary outcomes include hospital mortality, incidence of acute brain dysfunction and lengths of stay. Multivariable linear regression will test the hypothesis that deep sedation in the ED is associated with a decrease in ventilator-free days. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Approval of the study by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at each participating site has been obtained prior to data collection on the first patient. This work will be disseminated by publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts, presentation in abstract form at scientific meetings and data sharing with other investigators through academically established means.

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Clinical ProtocolsDeep SedationEmergency Service, HospitalHumansPractice Patterns, Physicians'Procedural SedationProspective StudiesRespiration, ArtificialTreatment Outcomedeliriumemergency departmentmechanical ventilationsedation

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PMCPMC6196824
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