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  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Mechanical Ventilation

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  • Lung-protective ventilation (LPV) is crucial for managing ARDS and preventing ventilator-induced lung injury.
  • Current adherence to LPV guidelines is suboptimal, despite its proven benefits.
  • Understanding factors influencing staff adherence is essential for improving patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors affecting staff adherence to LPV guidelines.
  • To analyze real-time ventilation data over a 5-year period to assess LPV utilization.
  • To explore critical care providers' perspectives on LPV non-utilization.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study of 1,055 ARDS patients (billing code J80) on mechanical ventilation (2018-2022).
  • Dynamic tidal volume measurement (≤ 6 mL/kg predicted body weight) analyzed hourly.
  • Qualitative focus groups with critical care providers to explore reasons for non-adherence.

Main Results:

  • Only 42.4% of patients received LPV at 48 hours.
  • In non-COVID-19 patients, male sex was associated with LPV use, while age ≥ 60 was associated with non-use.
  • In COVID-19 patients, LPV use was higher, correlated with COVID-19 diagnosis, male sex, and neuromuscular blocker use; however, cancer and hypertension were associated with less LPV use.

Conclusions:

  • Universal adherence to LPV best practices has not been achieved.
  • Continuous monitoring and frequent feedback to clinical teams are recommended strategies to improve LPV adherence.
  • Accurate height measurement is needed to determine appropriate tidal volumes.