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- Title
Preventing Unplanned Extubations in the NICU/PICU.
- Authors
ARNETT, ALYX
- Abstract
The article underscores the prevalence of unplanned extubation, emphasizing its risks in ventilated patients. It discusses the need for interventions to reduce rates, focusing on risk factors, adverse events, and the importance of improving practices in routine nursing care and endotracheal tube management. Topics include identifying risk factors, patient outcomes, and strategies for improving patient safety through standardized practices and staff education.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY obstructions -- Risk factors; RISK assessment; MEDICAL protocols; PATIENTS; PATIENT safety; NEONATAL intensive care units; NEONATAL intensive care; CHILDREN'S hospitals; ENDOTRACHEAL tubes; PEDIATRICS; INTENSIVE care units; EXTUBATION; QUALITY assurance; MECHANICAL ventilators; CRITICAL care medicine
- Publication
RT: The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners, 2024, Vol 37, Issue 2, p8
- ISSN
1040-6050
- Publication type
Article