Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Reduce the Length of Stay of Tracheostomized Patients in a Multi-Etiological Intensive Care Unit—The Contribution of Speech and Language Therapy to the Overall Result (IQ-ICU-SLT)
Jürgen Konradi, Isabella Neef, Lukas Müller, Robert Kuchen, Heike Maagh, Ulrich Betz, Marc Bodenstein · 2025
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Description
Jürgen Konradi and six co-authors report a team project that shortened intensive care stays for patients with breathing tubes in the neck, in a 2025 paper. A tracheal tube slows recovery and invites swallowing problems. Speech and language therapy led the swallowing and tube work.
New shared procedures were set up in one surgical intensive care unit, with more therapy staff added. The project group of 54 patients was compared with 58 earlier patients. Time with the tube fell from about 43 days to about 24 among those freed of it. Overall stay dropped from about 33 days to about 24. Team based therapy proved practical and effective.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jürgen Konradi, Isabella Neef, Lukas Müller, Robert Kuchen, Heike Maagh, Ulrich Betz, Marc Bodenstein |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |