Research Article
Relation of Reported Sedation and Ventilator Weaning Practices to Ventilator Time in Norwegian Intensive Care Units
Table 5
Effect of reporting use of sedation guidelines, weaning protocols, and delirium evaluations on ventilator time and length of ICU stay.
| | “How often are the guidelines or protocols used?” | Number of stays | Mean time on ventilator, days (median) | Mean difference in days with corresponding 95% confidence intervals | Mean length of ICU stay, days (median) | Mean difference in days with corresponding 95% confidence intervals |
| Sedation guidelines | “Rarely” or “Sometimes” | 600 | 7.0 (4.0) | 0.7 | 10.0 (6.6) | 0.6 | “Often” or “As a rule” | 1,929 | 7.7 (4.5) | 95% CI = 0.1–1.4, | 9.4 (6.2) | 95% CI = 0.4–1.4, |
| Weaning protocols | “Rarely” or “Sometimes” | 1,072 | 6.9 (3.5) | 0.8 | 10.5 (6.8) | 1.1 | “Often” or “As a rule” | 1,935 | 7.7 (4.8) | 95% CI = 0.2–1.4, | 9.4 (6.2) | 95% CI = 0.3–1.8, |
| Evaluation of delirium | “Rarely” or “Sometimes” | 3,652 | 7.3 (4.3) | 1.1 | 9.9 (6.5) | 2.5 | “Often” or “As a rule” | 1,565 | 6.2 (3.4) | 95% CI = 0.6–1.6, | 7.4 (4.4) | 95% CI = 2.0–3.0, |
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Stays resulting in death in the ICU, transfer, or ventilator time <24 hours were excluded.
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