描述在急性呼吸衰竭患者中使用限时试验的特点:一个前性,单中心的观察性研究
Joy X Moy1, Anica C Law2, Lily N Stalter3
1Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Critical care explorations
|September 16, 2024
概括
在20.5%的急性呼吸衰竭患者 (主要是临终期患者) 中,使用了限时试验 (TLT). 医生在TLT使用中的差异表明需要基于证据的指导方针来优化关键护理决策.
科学领域:
- 临界护理医学 临界护理医学
- 肺部病理学 肺部病理学
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 时间有限试验 (TLT) 提供了一种结构化的方法,通过设定维持生命治疗的定义期来管理严重疾病的不确定性.
- 目前在急性呼吸衰竭 (ARF) 患者中TLT的使用和模式在很大程度上仍然没有特征.
研究的目的:
- 研究和描述在急性呼吸衰竭 (ARF) 的成年患者中使用时间有限试验 (TLT).
主要方法:
- 一个前性的,为期12个月的观察队列研究在美国学术医疗中心进行.
- 包括成人重症监护室 (ICU) 的ARF患者,需要至少48小时的侵入性机械通风.
- 从电子病历中提取了有关患者特征,护理提供和结果的数据,ICU医生确定了TLT参与率.
主要成果:
- 在176名符合条件的患者中,36名 (20.5%) 参与了TLT. 医生参与TLT有显著差异 (0-39%的患者).
- 与非TLT患者相比,TLT患者年龄较大,并具有较高的并发症评分,并且比非TLT患者更有可能死亡或出院 (80.6%).
- 使用TLT与更短的ICU停留时间有关 (中位数为5.7天而不是10.3天).
结论:
- 大约五分之一的ARF患者参与了TLT,主要是临终期患者.
- 医生在TLT的应用中存在显著的差异.
- 显然需要基于证据的指导方针来标准化和优化TLT在重症监护机构的使用.
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