Using quality improvement methodology, we successfully decreased the time from ED arrival to administration of dexamethasone in asthma exacerbation patients from 59 to 38 minutes over 10 months.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- quality improvement
- low dose
- high dose
- intensive care unit
- young adults
- cystic fibrosis
- patient safety
- patient reported
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- childhood cancer