Author(s)

Yujiao Yan^1*, Jing Wu¹, Juan Liu^1#, Yanting Yuan¹, Lixin Liu¹, Huaxin Ye², Juan Ding³

¹Nursing Department of Hubei Aerospace Hospital, Xiaogan, China.
²School of Stomatology, Hubei Vocational and Technical College, Xiaogan, China.
³Department of Medicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.

Objective: To explore the effect of evidence-based quality control circle (QCC) in improving the implementation rate of airway management measures in adult critically ill patients. Methods: Based on the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) evidence-based health care model, the best evidence of airway management in adult critically ill patients was obtained and applied to the clinic. Results: The total implementation rate of airway management measures in adult critically ill patients increased from 23.62% before the implementation of quality control circle to 88.82%, and the pulmonary infection rate in critically ill patients decreased from 42.31% to 21.74%, with statistical significance between the two groups (P < 0.05). The sputum characteristics of patients were significantly improved before the application of evidence (P < 0.05). The length of hospital stay in NICU was shortened, which had positive significance to a certain extent, but there was no statistical significance between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Evidence-based quality control circle activities can standardize the practice standards of airway management in critically ill patients, reduce the occurrence of patients’ airway related complications, and improve clinical outcomes.

Critically Ill Patients, Airway Management, Be Evidence-Based, Quality Control Circle, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Yan, Y. , Wu, J. , Liu, J. , Yuan, Y. , Liu, L. , Ye, H. and Ding, J. (2024) Research on the Application of Evidence-Based Quality Control Circle to Improve the Implementation Rate of Airway Management Measures in Adult Critically Ill Patients. Yangtze Medicine, 8, 8-19. doi: 10.4236/ym.2024.81002.