Jan Kiesewetter, Rene Ebersbach, Nike Tsalas, Matthias Holzer, Ralf Schmidmaier, Martin R Fischer
Knowledge is not enough to solve the problems - The role of diagnostic knowledge in clinical reasoning activities
BMC medical education
patients discharged home oxygen therapy hot bronchopulmonary dysplasia bpd often receive months therapy previous trial comparing two methods hot weaning showed increased parent involvement hot weaning decreased hot duration outpatient team uses standard protocol outpatient hot weaning starting first clinic visit 46 weeks discharge shorten hot duration teaching parents outpatient hot weaning process neonatal intensive care unit nicu discharge launched quality improvement program april 2021 preterm infants bpd without significant comorbidities stable 05 l nasal cannula eligible infants started outpatient hot weaning protocol inpatient education parents nurses outcome measure duration hot discharge process measures focused protocol adherence balancing measures included nicu length stay appropriateness parentdirected hot weaning study period total 133 eligible patients discharged home oxygen 75 baseline group 58 intervention group fortyfive 78 participated hot weaning protocol inpatient hot reduced average 27 12 weeks may 2021 observed change nicu length stay inappropriate hot weaning early introduction hot weaning focus caregiver education associated decreased duration hot