2019-01-01
Reduction of ventilatory time using the multidisciplinary disconnection protocol. Pilot study
2019-01-01 • Miriam Sánchez Maciá, Jaime Miralles-Sancho, María José Castaño Picó, Ana Pérez-Carbonell, Loreto Maciá Soler
Objective: compare ventilatory time between patients with the application of a disconnection protocol, managed in a coordinated way between doctor and nurse, with patients managed exclusively by the doctor. Method: experimental pilot study before and after. Twenty-five patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for 24 hours or more were included, and the protocol-guided group was compared with the protocol-free group managed according to usual practice. Results: by means of the multidisciplinary protocol, …