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  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Global health initiatives

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  • Optimizing multi-disciplinary care and clinical best practices in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is crucial.
  • Understanding factors influencing child mortality reduction post-Quality Improvement Initiative (QII) implementation is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the sustainability and impact of a QII on pediatric patient mortality in an LMIC PICU.
  • To explore factors contributing to observed reductions in child mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal assessment of a QII using intubated pediatric patient mortality as the primary outcome.
  • Statistical analysis included t-tests and linear regression over 36 months post-intervention.
  • Impact Pathway and Driver Diagram models were used to analyze intervention adoption and pathways to improvement.

Main Results:

  • Mortality decreased significantly from 22.4% to 9.5% (p=0.002).
  • Unexpected extubations per 100 days mechanical ventilation decreased significantly initially but plateaued.
  • 15 new, locally driven quality practices were implemented, indicating multifactorial improvements.

Conclusions:

  • Sustained improvements in care for intubated pediatric patients were observed.
  • The QII contributed to improved outcomes, but changes were likely multifactorial due to local initiatives.
  • Impact Pathway models show potential for understanding complex improvement dynamics in LMIC PICUs.