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Evaluation Of An Educational Intervention On The Head Of Bed Elevation In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Randall L. Johnson
Evaluation Of An Educational Intervention On The Head Of Bed Elevation In The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Randall L. Johnson
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Elevating the head of bed (HOB) reduces risks for aspiration and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in the adult population. Educational interventions have resulted in improvements in achieving a target HOB elevation of 30° in adults. Limited research has addressed this intervention in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The aim of this study was to determine if an educational intervention for the PICU staff would result in improvement in the HOB elevation in the PICU. Four research questions were studied: (1) What is the common practice related to the elevation of the HOB in the PICU? (2) Is there a …