TABLE 2.
Procedures, Interventions, and Monitoring Performeda
| Intervention | n (%) |
|---|---|
| No. of cases with any intervention performed, n (%) | 3,620 (29.1) |
| No. of cases with a mandatorily reported intervention performed, n (%) | 2,956 (23.8) |
| Total no. of any interventions performed, n (%) | 6,418a |
| Airway and respiratory: total n (% of all interventions performed), n (%) | 4,022 (62.7) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 2,705 (21.8) |
| Noninvasive ventilation (n = 8,172) | 430 (5.3) |
| O2 therapy (n = 1,972) | 212(10.8) |
| Bronchoscopy (n = 9,147) | 130(1.4) |
| Tracheostomy tube insertion (n = 9,149) | 99(1.1) |
| Airway adjuncts (n = 9,142) | 32 (0.4) |
| Continuous nebulizer (n = 7,232) | 269 (3.7) |
| High-frequency oscillator ventilation | 42 (0.3) |
| Heliox (n = 7,226) | 48 (0.7) |
| Inhaled nitric oxide (n = 7,229) | 49 (0.7) |
| Hyperbaric O2 chamber (n = 1,937) | 6 (0.3) |
| Cardiorespiratory support, n (%) | 53 (0.8) |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (n = 7,478) | 34 (0.5) |
| Defibrillation (n = 7,473) | 5(0.1) |
| Pacing (n = 7,473) | 12 (0.2) |
| Cardioversion (n = 7,474) | 2 (0.0) |
| Imaging, n (%) | 345 (5.4) |
| CT (n = 3,700) | 236 (6.4) |
| MRI (n = 3,649) | 109 (3.0) |
| Neurology, n (%) | 241 (3.8) |
| Electroencephalogram (n= 6,742) | 199 (3.0) |
| Therapeutic hypothermia (n = 5,415) | 16 (0.3) |
| Intracranial pressure monitor (n = 6,617) | 22 (0.3) |
| Pentobarbital coma (n = 5,412) | 4(0.1) |
| Invasive access, n (%) | 1,653 (25.8) |
| Arterial catheter | 680 (5.5) |
| Central venous catheter | 658 (5.3) |
| Peripherally inserted central catheter | 226 (1.8) |
| Hemodialysis/plasmapheresis catheters | 89 (0.7) |
| Advanced technologies, n (%) | 104(1.6) |
| Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration, continuous renal replacement therapy (n = 7,753) | 37 (0.5) |
| Hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis | 45 (0.4) |
| Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation | 22 (0.2) |
| Plasmapheresis | 0 (0.0) |
a
Not mutually exclusive; multiple interventions could be performed on a single patient or case.
Boldface values represent mandatorily reported interventions obtained on all patients in the database.
n = number of cases for which data were collected.