The Effects of a Standardized Management Plan on Children With Critical Asthma



Status:Completed
Conditions:Asthma
Therapuetic Areas:Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:2 - Any
Updated:1/6/2017
Start Date:January 2013
End Date:December 2016

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The Effects of a Standardized Clinical Assessment Management Plan (SCAMP) on Clinical Outcomes in Children With Critical Asthma

A Standardized Clinical Assessment Management Plan (SCAMP) has been developed and
implemented at Boston Children Hospital to decrease variations in clinical practice in
critical asthma therapies for children. The primary aim is to determine whether a Critical
Asthma SCAMP can improve clinical outcome.

A Standardized Clinical Assessment Management Plan (SCAMP) has been developed and
implemented at Boston Children Hospital to decrease variations in clinical practice in
critical asthma therapies for children. However the effects of the Critical Asthma SCAMP on
the clinical outcomes in children with critical asthma are unknown. This study will assess
the effectiveness of the SCAMP by comparing retrospective data from medical records in
children with critical asthma to prospective clinical PPSQ SCAMP outcome data obtained
during the QA process of the SCAMP. The primary aim is to determine whether a Critical
Asthma SCAMP can improve clinical outcome. There are three specific pathways in the Critical
Asthma SCAMP. The primary outcome measure is the length of intensive care length of stay
(defined as time to every 2 hr intermittent albuterol nebulization) for all three pathways.
The secondary aim is to validate a clinical asthma score to direct critical asthma
therapies. To achieve this goal we will determine the relationships of the driver(s) of the
SCAMP which includes Boston Children Hospital (BCH) Asthma Severity Score [HASS] and
non-invasive measures of pCO2 to standard measures of severity of asthma (blood gases and
peak flow measurements).

Inclusion Criteria:

- Hospitalized patients 2 years and older requiring critical asthma therapies including
continuous albuterol nebulization
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