Open AccessImpact of a quality improvement intervention on the incidence of unplanned extubations in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Claudia Meregalli
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2013.eng.391
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , intervention (counseling) , intensive care unit , pediatric intensive care unit , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , nursing , physics , optics
An unplanned extubation (UEX) is a frequent and preventable adverse event of mechanical ventilation.