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[Invasive and non-invasive ventilation: impact on nursing workload]
Introduction:
Non invasive ventilation (NIV) is increasingly used in intensive and non intensive wards.
Objective:
To detect the impact of ventilation modes on nursing workload.
Methods:
Retrospective observational study of 200 patients admitted to a general Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Nursing Activities Score (NAS) was used to measure the nursing workload. Patients enrolled were treated with the following ventilation modes: oxygen therapy without positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), controlled mechanical ventilation, Invasive pressure support ventilation (I-PSV).
Results:
The overall mean NAS score of patients was 74.3% (SD ±8.88 - range 39/143) corresponding to an ideal nurse/patient ratio of 0.7 and varied with the different ventilation modes. In the days in oxygen therapy, the average NAS was 64.5% (±11.9), with helmet CPAP 69.7% (±12.7), with controlled mechanical ventilation 86.1% (SD ±15.1) and with invasive assisted ventilation 76.4% (±11.4) [p=0.0001]. In patients with helmet CPAP the NAS increased of 14% when FiO2 >0.6 and PEEP >10 compared to oxygen therapy. The average NAS score of the 15 patients (7.5%) with mask-PSV was 80.2% (±12:5).
Conclusions:
Overall, the nursing workload of patient with helmet CPAP was lower than with invasive ventilation. In Helmet CPAP, with FiO2 >0.6 and PEEP level >10 cmH2O and mask-PSV, the nursing workload is similar to that of patients with invasive ventilation. NAS scores in patients with Invasive ventilation in the controlled mode is higher than with assisted mode.
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