Qianqian Ellie Cheng, Jan Schriefer, Tina Sosa, Sarah Haen, Samantha J Ferguson, Alexander Clark, Christine Boerman, Carly Hochreiter, Megan E Gabel, Arvid Yung, David E Lee, Kate G Ackerman
BACKGROUND: Overuse of sedation and anesthesia causes delays in gastrojejunostomy tube (GJ) exchanges, increased risk of complications, unnecessary use of resources, preventable hospital admissions, and an adverse impact on patient and family experience. Our hospital was over-utilizing sedation and anesthesia, and we aimed to decrease this use from 78% to 20% within two years. METHODS: An interdisciplinary quality improvement team comprehensively evaluated current processes for GJ tube exchanges through a retrospective chart review for baseline data with prospective time series analysis after improvement implementation...
February 22, 2024: Pediatric Research