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24 Hour Intensivist Coverage in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

NCT01434823 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1609

Last updated 2018-05-29

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Summary

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's Medical ICU (MICU) is implementing a model of 24-hour intensivist staffing in September 2011. Funds and resources are not available to cover the entire year, only certain weeks will be covered. The investigators propose a randomized clinical trial to study the comparative effectiveness of nocturnal intensivist staffing in the HUP MICU on patient outcomes. The investigators will be collecting and analyzing patient data of all patients admitted to the MICU from September 12, 2011, to September 11, 2012.

Conditions

  • Critically Ill

Interventions

OTHER

Nocturnal coverage

The investigators will randomize, by week, nocturnal coverage. During the intervention weeks, intensivists will be in the MICU from 7pm until 7am. For the Intensivist Sleep and Work sub-study: Measurements of Daytime Intensivist work hours, sleep, and attention will be measured with actigraphy, PVT, Sleep and Work Diaries, and Surveys. Results will be compared between periods with standard staffing to periods with overnight intensivist coverage.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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