Clinical trial NCT02639013: an Educational Program About Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Official title: Temporal Trend Analysis of Nurse's Knowledge and Practice Before and After Implementing an Educational Program Regarding Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Intraabdominal Hypertension
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-12-24
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Early detection of intra-abdominal hypertension is essential to the prevention of abdominal compartment syndrome and requires close surveillance of intra-abdominal hypertension in patients at increased risk. intra-abdominal hypertension measurements are often taken by the bedside nurse, and in some cases, initiation of serial intra-abdominal hypertension monitoring is prompted by critical care nurses.

Detailed description: Measurement of intra-abdominal pressure is simple, inexpensive, safe and accurate method in determining the presence of intra-abdominal hypertension. This measurement can guide patient management. Monitoring intra-abdominal pressure and abdominal per-fusion pressure.

for signs of abdominal compartment syndrome has become an inexpensive and useful diagnostics tool for identifying complications. An integrated approach to screening and monitoring for intra-abdominal hypertension may improve patient outcomes and decrease hospital costs. Due to the high incidence of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, it is essential for critical care nurses to regularly monitor intra-abdominal pressure and abdominal per-fusion pressure.

Critical care nurses have the ability to identify intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, implement and evaluate management interventions. Nursing practice should be centered on evidence based practice guidelines . Nurses should provide a standard of care in managing patients who are at risk of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome from pre hospital, emergency, operating room and intensive care areas

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* all nurses that have more than one years experience in the trauma ,general and gastrointestinal ICU

Exclusion Criteria:

* nurses less than one year experience

Primary outcomes:
measure: improve nurses knowledge and practice about abdominal compartment syndrome
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: prevent abdominal compartment syndrome
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Egypt
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Nursing
state: Assuit
Study officials:
affiliation: Assuit university hospital
name: Ghada Sh Khalaf, Lecturer
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Newcombe J, Mathur M, Bahjri K, Ejike JC. Pediatric critical care nurses' experience with abdominal compartment syndrome. Ann Intensive Care. 2012 Jul 5;2 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S6. doi: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-S1-S6. Epub 2012 Jul 5.
citation: Hunt L, Frost SA, Hillman K, Newton PJ, Davidson PM. Management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome: a review. J Trauma Manag Outcomes. 2014 Feb 5;8(1):2. doi: 10.1186/1752-2897-8-2.