Question

The adult medical surgical and critical care areas of the hospital performed an evidence review and learned that gastric residual volume monitoring and management was no longer linked to any positive change in outcomes, such as aspiration or nosocomial pneumonia. You work in pediatric ICU and wonder if this is also true for pediatric patients. I need a pico question with statement

Answer 1

P - POPULATION

I - INTERVENTION OF INTEREST

C- COMPARISON OF INTEREST

O- CLINICAL OUTCOME

PICO QUESTIONS

Population - what is the population or group of patient?

A group of pediatric patient suffering from aspiration or nosocomial pneumonia.

Intervention of interest - What is the management strategy or treatment modality you wish to consider?

Gastric residual volume monitoring and management

Comparison of interest - Is there a control or alternative strategy you wish to compare?

Antibiotics, positioning the client during feeding, proper isolation, maintaining strict aseptic technique.

Outcome - what are the relevant consequences of the patient due to this interventions?

These interventions can't bring any positive outcomes to the pediatric patient suffering from nosocomial and aspiration pneumonia.