Open AccessComparing the Efficacy of a Nurse-Driven and a Physician-Driven Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Treatment Protocol
Author(s) -
Takla R Anis,
Marybeth Boudreau,
Tyson Thornton
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-1438
DOI - 10.2147/cpaa.s334119
Subject(s) - diabetic ketoacidosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , protocol (science) , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , emergency medicine , nursing , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics , endocrinology
Standardized DKA treatment could result in better overall safety and efficacy outcomes. The primary objective of this study is to validate the efficacy of an adapted nurse-driven DKA protocol compared to a physician-driven DKA protocol across the continuum of three hospital settings: the University of Colorado upon which the physician-driven protocol is based, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (NLEMMC), and Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital (NLSVH). The secondary objective is to assess the safety of the adapted nurse-driven DKA protocol adapted at NLEMMC and NLSVH through determining the incidence of hypoglycemia and anion gap reopening.