Differences in Care Provided in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) With Physician Versus Nurse Practitioner First Responders

Critical Illness Clinical Trial

Official title: Process and Outcome Differences in Care Provided in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) With Physician Versus Nurse Practitioner First Responders

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare outcomes of patients that have received care in medical intensive care units in a tertiary care facility with two different models; the traditional model including resident, pulmonary fellow and attending physician and a nontraditional model which has Nurse Practitioners as the direct care deliverer, a pulmonary fellow, and an attending.

Clinical Trial Description

This will be a retrospective cohort study that is performed between two medical intensive care units (ICU). The goal is to compare outcomes of patients that have received care in medical intensive care units in a tertiary care facility with two different models; the traditional model including a resident, pulmonary fellow and attending and a nontraditional model which has Nurse Practitioners as the direct care deliverer, a pulmonary fellow, and an attending. Outcomes that will be measured include ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay after ICU discharge, ventilator days, daily spontaneous breathing trials, and daily awakening trials, as well as mortality in hospital and after discharge. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Critical Illness

• NCT number: NCT01323816
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Ohio State University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2011
• Completion date: May 2014