Factors Associated With Initiation of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Sepsis: Retrospective Observational Study

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Mechanical ventilation is frequently initiated in patients with sepsis to maintain alveolar ventilation and arterial oxygenation. Patients with sepsis have an increased risk of hemodynamic instability, depressed consciousness, and sepsis-induced acute respiratory failure. Although generally used with therapeutic intent, mechanical ventilation introduces risks that could worsen patient outcomes, and these risks increase in proportion to the duration of mechanical ventilation. Data from the electronic health record were used to model risk factors for initiation of mechanical ventilation after the onset of sepsis. Through a better understanding of risk factors for initiation of mechanical ventilation in patients with sepsis, targeted interventions may be tailored to high risk patients.

Objectives

Identify risk factors for septic patients to require mechanical ventilation.
Describe how risk factors vary with time.
Analyze how to incorporate these findings into your clinical practice.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

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