Respiratory Compromise Institute to Present Data at ATS 2017 Highlighting High Incidence of Respiratory Compromise Among Hospitalized Medicare Patients

VIENNA, Va., May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Respiratory Compromise Institute (RCI) today announced that data from two retrospective studies evaluating the incidence of respiratory compromise among hospitalized Medicare patients will be presented at ATS 2017, the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society, which is taking place in Washington, D.C., May 19-24.

Respiratory compromise is a deterioration of respiratory function that poses a high risk of life-threatening respiratory failure. Respiratory failure is the second leading avoidable patient safety issue.ⁱⁱ It is one of the top five conditions leading to increasing hospital costsⁱⁱⁱ and the third most rapidly increasing hospital inpatient cost in the United States.^iv General care floor patients with respiratory compromise are 29 times more likely to die. The ECRI Institute recently identified opioid administration and monitoring in acute care as a top ten patient safety concern.

Sidney Braman, MD, Professor in the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute and lead author of the study will present a poster presentation titled "Respiratory Failure that Develops During Hospitalization: A Comparison of Medical vs. Surgical Patients" (Abstract #A1895) from 11:15 am – 1:00 pm on Sunday, May 21 in a session on Critical Care: Outcomes in Respiratory Failure.

James P. Lamberti, MD, Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University Inova Campus and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services at Inova Fairfax Hospital, will present a poster presentation titled "Medicare Patients Who Develop Respiratory Failure During Hospitalization Have Higher Mortality Compared to Medicare Patients Admitted with Respiratory Failure" (Abstract #A1893) from 11:15 am – 1:00 pm on Sunday, May 21 during the same session.

"Respiratory compromise is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, and we believe that the data scheduled for presentation at ATS 2017 provide an important foundation on which to expand our understanding of this serious condition and help develop effective intervention strategies that may improve patient care and outcomes," said Phillip Porte, Executive Director of RCI.

About Respiratory Compromise
Respiratory compromise, which includes respiratory distress, insufficiency, failure and arrest, can occur across numerous clinical scenarios. For example, respiratory compromise may appear post-operatively or may be drug-induced by the delivery of a sedative, opioid, or analgesic to patients who were not properly assessed or properly monitored.

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, respiratory compromise is the third most rapidly increasing hospital inpatient cost in the United States, with $7.8 billion spent on respiratory compromise in U.S. hospitals in 2007. Respiratory compromise increases patient mortality rates by over 30 percent and hospital and ICU stays by almost 50 percent. RCI defines respiratory compromise as a state in which there is a high likelihood of decompensation into respiratory insufficiency, respiratory failure or death that could be prevented or mitigated through specific interventions (enhanced monitoring and/or therapies).

About Respiratory Compromise Institute
The Respiratory Compromise Institute brings together a broad-based coalition of organizations, companies, and individuals dedicated to reducing—and eventually eliminating—preventable adverse events and deaths due to respiratory compromise.

ⁱ Healthgrades website, "Quality Matters: Tackle the Top 3 Patient Safety Issues."
https://www.hospitals.healthgrades.com/index.cfm/customers/e-newsletters/april-2013/quality-matters-tackle-the-top-3-patient-safety-issues/. Accessed November 14, 2016.

ⁱⁱ Healthgrades website, "Quality Matters: Tackle the Top 3 Patient Safety Issues."
https://www.hospitals.healthgrades.com/index.cfm/customers/e-newsletters/april-2013/quality-matters-tackle-the-top-3-patient-safety-issues/. Accessed November 14, 2016.

ⁱⁱⁱ Kelley SD, SA, Agarwal S, Parikh N, Erslon M, Morris P. Respiratory insufficiency, arrest and failure among medical patients on the general care floor. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(12):764.

^iv NAMDRC, National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care. Reducing respiratory compromise and depression. PR Web. Available at http://www.prweb.com/pdfdownload/12615503.pdf.

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