The purpose of this study is to identify the optimal deimplementation strategies for an overused practice: continuous pulse oximetry monitoring of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis who are not receiving supplemental oxygen.
Who can participate
Age range2 Months
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Population a: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while not receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air," for primary trial outcome)
Inclusion Criteria:
* Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old
* Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial
* Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine)
* Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent physician progress note
* Not actively receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air")
* Last documented receipt of supplemental oxygen \>1 hour prior to direct observational data collection
Exclusion Criteria:
* Documented apnea or cyanosis during the current illness
* Extreme prematurity (\<28 weeks completed gestation)
* Cardiac disease
* Pulmonary hypertension
* Chronic lung disease
* Home oxygen requirement
* Neuromuscular disease
* Immunodeficiency
* Cancer
* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2)-related illness (known or suspected, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Population b: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while receiving supplemental oxygen (for underuse evaluation).
Inclusion Criteria:
* Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old
* Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial
* Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine)
* Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent…
What they're measuring
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Deimplementation Sustainment
Timeframe: Data from the baseline phase (approximately 7 months) was compared to data from the sustainment phase (approximately 4 months). Only data from baseline and sustainment phases are used in this calculation.