%0 Journal Article
%T National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation
%A Abdullah A. Alzahrani
%A Abdullah Almotairi
%A Abdulmohsen Saawi
%A Abdulrahman Alqahtani
%A Abdulrhman Alharthy
%A Adnan Ghamdi
%A Ahmed Mady
%A Ahmed S. Qureshi
%A Asad Latif
%A Eman Al Qasim
%A Fahad M. Al-Hameed
%A Ghaleb Almekhalfi
%A Ismael Qushmaq
%A Khalid Maghrabi
%A Mohamed S. Al-Moamary
%A Mohammed Al Qarni
%A Mohammed S. Alshahrani
%A Mufareh Alkatheri
%A Raed H. AlHazme
%A Saad Mohrij
%A Sean M. Berenholtz
%A Sheryl Ann I. Abdukahil
%A Tareef Alaama
%A Yaseen M. Arabi
%A Yasser Mandourah
%A Zohair Al Aseri
%J Archive of "Annals of Thoracic Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/atm.ATM_63_19
%X NASAM (National Approach to Standardize and Improve Mechanical Ventilation) is a national collaborative quality improvement project in Saudi Arabia. It aims to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients by implementing evidence-based practices with the goal of reducing the rate of ventilator-associated events and therefore reducing mortality, mechanical ventilation duration and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay. The project plans to extend the implementation to a total of 100 ICUs in collaboration with multiple health systems across the country. As of March 22, 2019, a total of 78 ICUs have registered from 6 different health sectors, 48 hospitals, and 27 cities. The leadership support in all health sectors for NASAM speaks of the commitment to improve the care of mechanically ventilated patients across the kingdom
%K Evidence-based practice
%K mechanical ventilation
%K ventilator-associated event
%K ventilator-associated pneumonia
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467017/