Respiratory failure & ventilation
Impact on the ability of healthcare professionals to correctly identify patient-ventilator asynchronies of the simultaneous visualization of estimated muscle pressure curves on the ventilator display: a randomized study (Pmus study)
Authors' conclusion
We showed that the display of the Pmus waveform improved the ability of healthcare professionals to recognize patient-ventilator asynchronies by visual inspection of ventilator tracings.
Study context
- Population
- Physicians and respiratory therapists working in ICUs analysing 49 simulated scenarios (ASL-5000 lung simulator)
- Participants
- 98 physicians
- Comparison
- Pmus vs Control
- Pmusn = 49
- Controln = 49reference
- Primary endpoint
- Mean asynchrony detection rate (sensitivity)
Methodological detailsprospective, single-centre, parallel assignment, simulated clinical scenarios, Retrospectively registered 3 December 2021
- Prospective
- Single-centre
- Parallel assignment
- Simulated clinical scenarios
- Retrospectively registered 3 December 2021
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Pmus
65.8
Control
52.94
P < 0.001
Further findings
Sensitivity stratified by asynchrony type (subgroup)
- Effect remained when stratifying asynchronies by type
Original publication
Impact on the ability of healthcare professionals to correctly identify patient-ventilator asynchronies of the simultaneous visualization of estimated muscle pressure curves on the ventilator display: a randomized study (Pmus study). Crit Care. Published 30 March 2023. doi:10.
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