GMS German Medical Science (Jun 2023)
Quality indicators in intensive care medicine for Germany – fourth edition 2022
- Kumpf, Oliver,
- Assenheimer, Markus,
- Bloos, Frank,
- Brauchle, Maria,
- Braun, Jan-Peter,
- Brinkmann, Alexander,
- Czorlich, Patrick,
- Dame, Christof,
- Dubb, Rolf,
- Gahn, Georg,
- Greim, Clemens-A.,
- Gruber, Bernd,
- Habermehl, Hilmar,
- Herting, Egbert,
- Kaltwasser, Arnold,
- Krotsetis, Sabine,
- Kruger, Bastian,
- Markewitz, Andreas,
- Marx, Gernot,
- Muhl, Elke,
- Nydahl, Peter,
- Pelz, Sabrina,
- Sasse, Michael,
- Schaller, Stefan J.,
- Schäfer, Andreas,
- Schürholz, Tobias,
- Ufelmann, Marina,
- Waydhas, Christian,
- Weimann, Jörg,
- Wildenauer, René,
- Wöbker, Gabriele,
- Wrigge, Hermann,
- Riessen, Reimer
Affiliations
- Kumpf, Oliver
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Assenheimer, Markus
- Diakoneo Diak Klinikum Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
- Bloos, Frank
- Jena University Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena, Germany
- Brauchle, Maria
- Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Feldkirch, Austria
- Braun, Jan-Peter
- Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Brinkmann, Alexander
- Klinikum Heidenheim, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care Medicine and Special Pain Therapy, Heidenheim, Germany
- Czorlich, Patrick
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Neurosurgery, Hamburg, Germany
- Dame, Christof
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neonatology, Berlin, Germany
- Dubb, Rolf
- Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Academy of the District Hospitals Reutlingen, Germany
- Gahn, Georg
- Städt. Klinikum Karlsruhe gGmbH, Department of Neurology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Greim, Clemens-A.
- Klinikum Fulda, Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Fulda, Germany
- Gruber, Bernd
- Niels Stensen Clinics, Marienhospital Osnabrueck, Department Hospital Hygiene, Osnabrueck, Germany
- Habermehl, Hilmar
- Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Klinikum am Steinenberg, Center for Intensive Care Medicine, Reutlingen, Germany
- Herting, Egbert
- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Campus Lübeck, Germany
- Kaltwasser, Arnold
- Kreiskliniken Reutlingen, Academy of the District Hospitals Reutlingen, Germany
- Krotsetis, Sabine
- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Nursing Development and Nursing Science, affiliated with the Nursing Directorate Campus Lübeck, Germany
- Kruger, Bastian
- Klinikum Heidenheim, Department of Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care Medicine and Special Pain Therapy, Heidenheim, Germany
- Markewitz, Andreas
- Bendorf, Germany
- Marx, Gernot
- University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, Aachen, Germany
- Muhl, Elke
- Groß-Grönau, Germany
- Nydahl, Peter
- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Nursing Development and Nursing Science, affiliated with the Nursing Directorate Campus Kiel, Germany
- Pelz, Sabrina
- Universitäts- und Rehabilitationskliniken Ulm, Intensive Care Unit, Ulm, Germany
- Sasse, Michael
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Hanover, Germany
- Schaller, Stefan J.
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Schäfer, Andreas
- Klinikum Kassel, Germany
- Schürholz, Tobias
- University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Intermediate Care, Aachen, Germany
- Ufelmann, Marina
- Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Nursing, Munich, Germany
- Waydhas, Christian
- Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Surgical University Hospital and Polyclinic, Bochum, Germany
- Weimann, Jörg
- Sankt-Gertrauden Krankenhaus, Department of Anesthesia and Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Wildenauer, René
- Hausarztzentrum Wiesentheid, Germany
- Wöbker, Gabriele
- Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Universität Witten-Herdecke, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Wuppertal, Germany
- Wrigge, Hermann
- Bergmannstrost Hospital Halle, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Pain Therapy, Halle, Germany
- Riessen, Reimer
- Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Tübingen, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/000324
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21
p. Doc10
Abstract
The measurement of quality indicators supports quality improvement initiatives. The German Interdisciplinary Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) has published quality indicators for intensive care medicine for the fourth time now. After a scheduled evaluation after three years, changes in several indicators were made. Other indicators were not changed or only minimally. The focus remained strongly on relevant treatment processes like management of analgesia and sedation, mechanical ventilation and weaning, and infections in the ICU. Another focus was communication inside the ICU. The number of 1ndicators remained the same. The development method was more structured and transparency was increased by adding new features like evidence levels or author contribution and potential conflicts of interest. These quality indicators should be used in the peer review in intensive care, a method endorsed by the DIVI. Other forms of measurement and evaluation are also reasonable, for example in quality management. This fourth edition of the quality indicators will be updated in the future to reflect the recently published recommendations on the structure of intensive care units by the DIVI.
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