Accurate measurement of ventilator length of stay and ventilator days for use in assessing patient safety and ventilator associated events

Objective: Accurate measurements of ventilator length of stay are important for quality measures and mandated by Centers of Disease Control for reporting ventilator associated events. However, it is unknown which method of such a calculation gives the more accurate results. Design: We collected...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kimiyo Yamasaki, Joshua Mullen, Ron Sanderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Mechanical Ventilation 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Mechanical Ventilation
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Online Access:https://www.journalmechanicalventilation.com/accurate-measurements-of-ventilator-length-of-stay/