Vital Signs Directed Therapy for the Critically Ill: Improved Adherence to the Treatment Protocol Two Years after Implementation in an Intensive Care Unit in Tanzania
Table 4
Adherence to the Vital Signs Directed Therapy Protocol immediately after implementation [12] and two years after implementation.
Immediately after implementation (12)
Two years after implementation
value
All danger signs
16.6% (n = 1299) (95% CI 14.7–18.7%)
29.8% (n = 289) (95% CI 24.7–35.2%)
<0.001
Systolic blood pressure
35.0% (n = 306)
42.9% (n = 84)
0.184
Heart rate
17.1% (n = 549)
40.4% (n = 114)
<0.001
Oxygen saturation
16.0% (n = 25)
0% (n = 1)
—
Conscious level
(n = 0)
100% (n = 3)
—
Respiratory rate
2.6% (n = 419)
1.1% (n = 87)
0.701
All, except heart rate, danger signs
16.3% (n = 750)
22.9% (n = 175)
0.039
Calculated with the chi-squared test, calculated with Fisher’s exact test. CI confidence interval.
