24 Hour Intensivist Coverage in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Medical ICU (MICU) is implementing a model of 24-hour intensivist staffing in September 2011. Funds and resources are not available to cover the entire year, only certain weeks will be covered. The investigators propose a randomized clinical trial to study the comparative effectiveness of nocturnal intensivist staffing in the HUP MICU on patient outcomes. The investigators will be collecting and analyzing patient data of all patients admitted to the MICU from September 12, 2011, to September 11, 2012.

Clinical Trial Description

Available evidence suggests that intensivist management of critically ill patients improves patient outcome, suggesting that greater intensivist coverage might be better still. However, the effects of 24-hour intensivist coverage in ICUs are unknown. In FY11, leadership of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) decided to roll-out a program for partial night-coverage of the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). In light of this natural experiment, the investigators propose to study the comparative effectiveness of nocturnal intensivist staffing in the HUP Medical Intensive Care Unit. To do so, the investigators propose a randomized clinical trial comparing the presence of a nocturnal intensivist (in-hospital call) to a traditional model of nocturnal coverage with an intensivist available by phone (home call) in the HUP MICU, with respect to patient-centered outcomes and resource utilization. The investigators will randomly assign seven consecutive days (Monday through Sunday) at a time to in-hospital or home call, in two-week blocks. The investigators will conduct primary analyses of all patients admitted during night hours and secondary analyses of various subgroups of patients admitted during night hours as well as all patients admitted during any time of day during the study period from September, 2011, to June, 2011.

A sub-study designed to measure sleep and work duration, sleepiness, and attention in Daytime Intensivists (faculty and fellows) during their medical ICU rotation will be conducted. The variables measured will be compared between periods with and without in-house nocturnal intensivist staffing. All fellows and faculty who rotate through the medical ICU during this study period, Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 will be approached for possible recruitment. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01434823
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Pennsylvania
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	September 2011
Completion date	December 2012

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