Document Type
Commentary
Department
Anaesthesia
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.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Recommended Citation
Arabi, Y. M.,
Al Aseri, Z.,
Alaama, T.,
Alqahtani, A.,
Alharthy, A.,
Almotairi, A.,
Al Qasim, E.,
Alzahrani, A. A.,
Al Qarni, M.,
Latif, A.
(2019). National approach to standardize and improve mechanical ventilation. Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 14(2), 101-105.
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Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.