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- Title
Intermittent vs Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Hospitalized Infants With Stabilized Bronchiolitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Authors
Mahant, Sanjay; Wahi, Gita; Bayliss, Ann; Giglia, Lucy; Kanani, Ronik; Pound, Catherine M.; Sakran, Mahmoud; Kozlowski, Natascha; Breen-Reid, Karen; Arafeh, Dana; Moretti, Myla E.; Agarwal, Amisha; Barrowman, Nick; Willan, Andrew R.; Schuh, Suzanne; Parkin, Patricia C.
- Abstract
Key Points: Question: What is the effect of intermittent vs continuous pulse oximetry in infants hospitalized with stabilized bronchiolitis? Findings: In this multicenter randomized clinical trial of 229 infants hospitalized with stabilized bronchiolitis with and without supplemental oxygen and with care managed using an oxygen saturation target of 90% or higher, length of hospital stay, medical interventions, safety, and parent-reported outcomes were similar. Nursing satisfaction was greater with intermittent monitoring. Meaning: Given that other important considerations for clinical practice favor less intense monitoring, these findings support the standard use of intermittent pulse oximetry in hospitalized infants with stabilized bronchiolitis. Importance: There is low level of evidence and substantial practice variation regarding the use of intermittent or continuous monitoring in infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis. Objective: To compare the effect of intermittent vs continuous pulse oximetry on clinical outcomes. Design, Setting, and Participants: This multicenter, pragmatic randomized clinical trial included infants 4 weeks to 24 months of age who were hospitalized with bronchiolitis from November 1, 2016, to May 31, 2019, with or without supplemental oxygen after stabilization at community and children's hospitals in Ontario, Canada. Interventions: Intermittent (every 4 hours, n = 114) or continuous (n = 115) pulse oximetry, using an oxygen saturation target of 90% or higher. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was length of hospital stay from randomization to discharge. Secondary outcomes included length of stay from inpatient unit admission to discharge and outcomes measured from randomization: medical interventions, safety (intensive care unit transfer and revisits), parent anxiety and workdays missed, and nursing satisfaction. Results: Among 229 infants enrolled (median [IQR] age, 4.0 [2.2-8.5] months; 136 [59.4%] male; 101 [44.1%] from community hospital sites), the median length of hospital stay from randomization to discharge was 27.6 hours (interquartile range [IQR], 18.8-49.6 hours) in the intermittent group and 25.4 hours (IQR, 18.3-47.6 hours) in the continuous group (difference of medians, 2.2 hours; 95% CI, −1.9 to 6.3 hours; P =.17). No significant differences were observed between the intermittent and continuous groups in the median length of stay from inpatient unit admission to discharge: 49.1 (IQR, 37.2-87.0) hours vs 46.0 (IQR, 32.5-73.8) hours (P =.13) or in frequencies or durations of hospital interventions, such as oxygen supplementation initiation: 4 of 114 (3.5%) vs. 9 of 115 (7.8%) (P =.16) and median duration of oxygen supplementation: 20.6 (IQR, 7.6-46.1) hours vs. 21.4 (11.6-52.9) hours (P =.66). Similarly, there were no significant differences in frequencies of intensive care unit transfer: 1 of 114 (0.9%) vs 2 of 115 (2.7%) (P =.76); readmission to hospital: 3 of 114 (2.6%) in the intermittent group vs 4 of 115 (3.5%) in the continuous group (P >.99); parent anxiety: mean (SD) parent anxiety score, 2.9 (0.9) in the intermittent group vs 2.8 (0.9) in the continuous group (P =.40); or parent workdays missed: median workdays missed, 1.5 (IQR, 0.5-3.0) vs 1.5 (IQR, 0.5-2.5) (P =.36). Mean (SD) nursing satisfaction with monitoring was significantly greater in the intermittent group: 8.6 (1.7) vs 7.1 (2.8) of 10 workdays; the mean difference was 1.5 (95% CI, 0.9-2.2; P <.001). Conclusions and Relevance: In this randomized clinical trial, among infants hospitalized with stabilized bronchiolitis with and without hypoxia and managed using an oxygen saturation target of 90% or higher, clinical outcomes, including length of hospital stay and safety, were similar with intermittent vs continuous pulse oximetry. Nursing satisfaction was greater with intermittent monitoring. Given that other important clinical practice considerations favor less intense monitoring, these findings support the standard use of intermittent pulse oximetry in stable infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02947204 This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of intermittent vs continuous pulse oximetry on clinical outcomes in infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis with or without supplemental oxygen after stabilization.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; RESEARCH; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; OXIMETRY; CONFIDENCE intervals; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; CHILDREN'S hospitals; HOSPITAL care of newborn infants; MEDICAL cooperation; COMMUNITY health services; PATIENT readmissions; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PATIENT monitoring; BRONCHIOLE diseases; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL care; PULSE oximeters; STATISTICAL sampling; HYPOXEMIA; DISEASE complications; CHILDREN
- Publication
JAMA Pediatrics, 2021, Vol 175, Issue 5, p466
- ISSN
2168-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6141