Effect of Angulus on Patient-elevation Compliance
Description
Ventilator-associated events (VAE) are a scourge of critical care settings and hospital systems at large. There is extensive evidence that ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and related VAEs increase mortality rates in critically ill patients by up to 50%, while simultaneously increasing cost of care. C Best-practice guidelines state that positioning ventilated patients at an angle between 30-45 degrees significantly reduces the potential for VAP and other VAE to develop. While the intent of the guidelines is to govern patient elevation angle, the lack of a mechanism to accurately measure patient elevation requires that nurses rely on the head-of-bed (HOB) protractor - a tool which reflects the angle of the bed, not the patient - to measure compliance. Depending upon the position and posture of the patient in the bed, a patient's elevation angle may be significantly different from the HOB angle. Critical care teams currently rely on built-in HOB protractors and digital inclinometers that measure the angle of the bed not the patient. Angulus, LLC has developed a dual-component Angulus sensor to fill this gap in critical care technology. Angulus enables critical care practitioners to instantaneously understand a patient's elevation, identify when the patient is outside of the desired 30-45 degree recumbency scope, and efficiently correct the patient's orientation with immediate feedback. Angulus supports real-time minute-to-minute data display as well as longitudinal aggregation of data.
Study Start Date
June, 01 2018
Estimated Completion Date
April 2019
Interventions
- Device: Angulus
Study ID
Angulus, LLC -- 001
Status
Unknown
Trial ID
Study Type
Interventional
Trial Phase
N/A
Enrollment Quota
200
Sponsor
Angulus, LLC
Inclusion Criteria
- Mechanical ventilation with any modality (e.g., endotracheal tube, tracheostomy)
- Age between 18 and 75 years
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients with a known allergy to the encasing materials
- Patients who are advised to be positioned outside of the 30-45 degree scope.
- Patients with any major chest wall abnormalities, or defects, including but not limited to:
- post-cardiac surgical patients
- pectus excavatum (or any congenital chest wall deformity)
- complicated skin and soft tissue infections on the chest wall
- heart-lung machine systems
Gender
All
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Study Locations and Contact Information (1)
Study Location | Distance | Name | Phone | |
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Montefiore Medical Center - Bronx, New York | 40.3 miles | Clinical Research Coordinator | None | dafuster@montefiore.org |