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. 2019 Apr-Jun;14(2):101-105.
doi: 10.4103/atm.ATM_63_19.

National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation

Yaseen M Arabi  1 , Zohair Al Aseri  2 , Tareef Alaama  3 , Abdulrahman Alqahtani  4 , Abdulrhman Alharthy  5 , Abdullah Almotairi  6 , Eman Al Qasim  1 , Abdullah A Alzahrani  7 , Mohammed Al Qarni  7 , Sheryl Ann I Abdukahil  1 , Fahad M Al-Hameed  8 , Yasser Mandourah  9 , Khalid Maghrabi  10 , Adnan Ghamdi  11 , Ghaleb Almekhalfi  11 , Ahmed Mady  5 , Ahmed S Qureshi  12 , Ismael Qushmaq  13 , Mohammed S Alshahrani  14 , Mufareh Alkatheri  7 , Abdulmohsen Saawi  7 , Raed H AlHazme  15   16 , Sean M Berenholtz  17 , Asad Latif  17 , Mohamed S Al-Moamary  18 , Saad Mohrij  19
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National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation

Yaseen M Arabi et al. Ann Thorac Med. 2019 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

NASAM (National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation) is a national collaborative quality improvement project in Saudi Arabia. It aims to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients by implementing evidence-based practices with the goal of reducing the rate of ventilator-associated events and therefore reducing mortality, mechanical ventilation duration and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay. The project plans to extend the implementation to a total of 100 ICUs in collaboration with multiple health systems across the country. As of March 22, 2019, a total of 78 ICUs have registered from 6 different health sectors, 48 hospitals, and 27 cities. The leadership support in all health sectors for NASAM speaks of the commitment to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients across the kingdom.

Keywords: Evidence-based practice; mechanical ventilation; ventilator-associated event; ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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