NCT06452797 · Rush University Medical Center
Prognostic Estimates Among ICU Clinicians
What this study is about
One challenge with decision making for mechanically ventilated is that their prognosis is often uncertain. The ProVent-14 score incorporates clinical variables measured on the 14th day of mechanical ventilation to predict risk of death in one year. The ProVent-14 is easy to calculate has been externally validated.
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One challenge with decision making for mechanically ventilated is that their prognosis is often uncertain. The ProVent-14 score incorporates clinical variables measured on the 14th day of mechanical ventilation to predict risk of death in one year. The ProVent-14 is easy to calculate has been externally validated. However, it is unclear how often clinicians use the ProVent-14 score to predict long-term outcomes for patients requiring 14 days of mechanical ventilation or if it helps clinicians make more accurate predictions. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ICU clinicians who receive a patient's ProVent-14 score make more accurate predictions for mortality at one year than ICU clinicians who do not.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
ProVent-14 score
A score to estimate one-year mortality for patients requiring at least 14 days of mechanical ventilation
Primary outcome measures
Accuracy of one-year mortality rate predictions
Time frame: One-year after participant enrollment
Associations between participant predictions (0-100% risk of death) and patient outcomes (death or not) will be determined using logistic regression. Accuracy will be determined by Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (AUROC) analysis.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- ICU day-shift attending physician, fellow physician, advanced practice provider, or nurse
- Caring directly for a patient who requires invasive mechanical ventilation, 14-16 days after initial intubation, not actively transitioning to comfort-focused care and not with a neuromuscular disease (i.e. ALS) as a cause of respiratory failure.
Where
- Chicago, Illinois
- Oak Park, Illinois
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Collaborators
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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