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The Effectiveness of the Modified Bundle in the Prevention of VAP.

Completed
Conditions
VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Interventions
Procedure: Routine prevention of VAP
Procedure: Modified prevention of VAP
Registration Number
NCT04038814
Lead Sponsor
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Brief Summary

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important cause of prolonged intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, healthcare costs and mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. There are an international guidelines for VAP diagnosis, treatment and prevention (Infectious Diseases Society of America(IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2016 and European Respiratory Society (ERS) / European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) / European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectiuos Diseases (ESCMID) / Asociacion Latinoamericana del Torax (ALAT) 2017) routinely used in most ICUs. The investigator planed on comparing two strategies for prevention of VAP in mechanically ventilated patients: the routine VAP bundle ( historical group - VAP1) and the modified VAP bundle ( study group - VAP2) by using 3 modifications ( Shiley Evac Endotracheal tube with TaperGuard Cuff, Automatic continuous subglottic secretion drainage (SSD) and continuous tube cuff pressure monitoring).

The aim of the study is an assessment of the effectiveness of the modified prevention of VAP in reduction of: early and late VAP cases, mechanical ventilation days (MV), length of stay (LOS) in the ICU, 28 day mortality and multi drug resistent pathogens (MDR) cases in adult ICU patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
386
Inclusion Criteria

VAP2 - study group

  • mechanically ventilated patients with an artificial airways (endotracheal tube, tracheostomy tube)
  • age over 18 years
  • modified bundle in the prevention of VAP

VAP1 - historical group

  • mechanically ventilated patients with an artificial airways (endotracheal tube, tracheostomy tube)
  • patients hospitalised in the ICU for last 12 months before modified bundle in the prevention of VAP has been started (from 01.05.2017 to 30.04.2018)
  • age over 18 years
  • routine bundle in the prevention of VAP
Exclusion Criteria
  • lack of an informed consent in awake patients in the ICU
  • age under 18 years
  • patients with no mechanical ventilation in the ICU
  • patients with probability of mechanical ventilation days and LOS in the ICU less than 48 hours
  • patients intubated and mechanically ventilated without the bundle in the prevention of VAP for a period of time longer than 12 hours before the admission to the ICU

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
VAP1 - historical groupRoutine prevention of VAPRoutine prevention of VAP
VAP2 - study groupModified prevention of VAPModified prevention of VAP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Early VAPday: 2 - 5 of mechanical ventilation

Total VAP cases in the ICU ( CEPPIS /Chest Echocardiography and Procalcitonin Pulmonary Infection Score/ criteria ) with early beginning of the pneumonia symptoms.

Late VAPday: 6 - the last day in ICU

total VAP cases in the ICU ( CEPPIS criteria ) with late beginning of the pneumonia symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mortalityday: 1 - 28

Mortality of adult mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU

MVday: 1 - the last day in the ICU, but at least 2 days

Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) in the ICU

LOSday: 1 - the last day in the ICU, but at least 2 days

lenght of stay in the ICU (days)

nonMVday: 1 - the last day in the ICU,

Total non mechanical ventilation days in the ICU

MDRday: 1 - the last day in the ICU,

Number of cases with multi drug resistant (MDR) pathogens detected in specimens of mucus taken from the lower airways in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit St. Raphael Hospital

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Kraków, Małopolska, Poland

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