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ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2024

Improving eye care in an intensive care unit.

Mertcan Sevgi, Emma Monachello, Mark Yates, David Lockington, Richard Cowan

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Article in Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mertcan SevgiNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8426-6534
Emma MonachelloNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
Mark YatesNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
David LockingtonNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
Richard CowanNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Intensive Care Units (ICUs), patients are at risk of developing ocular complications, especially exposure keratopathy. Plan, Do, Study, Act for PDSA cycle. Despite national guidelines, implementation remains challenging. Using the PDSA cycle, we devised an eye care protocol integrated into the electronic patient record system, complemented by a poster summary of guidelines. An initial audit showed 2% adherence to eye exposure guidelines; post-intervention, adherence rose to 76%. A 9-month analysis revealed 16% of patients experienced eye exposure in ICU. This initiative emphasises the new protocol's efficacy and the role of education in its adoption, advocating a more standardised approach to eye care in ICUs.

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audit and quality improvementexposure keratopathyeye care in ICUEye care protocolophthalmology in ICU

Identifiers

PMID39224432
PMCPMC11366186

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