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The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study is to describe the K-12 lived experiences of Military-Connected (M-C) graduates of public schools, considering that most military children attend civilian schools in a large school district located in the southeastern region of the United States. The theory guiding this study is Hamilton McCubbin's family stress theory, as it explores how family members handle situational stressors regarding the ability to thrive and prove resilient or disintegrate to a degree that threatens the family's stability. Interviews, letters of advice, and focus groups were used to collect data. Data was analyzed to generate codes and themes. Member checks, prolonged engagement, rich, thick descriptions, and peer review were used to address any concerns regarding trustworthiness. The central research question investigated how military-connected high school graduates describe their K-12 lived experiences in public schools. The research sub-questions investigated how military-connected high school graduates describe their academic, social, and extracurricular experiences in K-12 civilian schools. The results of this study provide educational stakeholders at federal, state, and local levels with information that will help enhance the teaching and learning of M-C students who attend civilian schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Recent studies reported that children on mechanical ventilation who were managed with an analgosedation approach and standardized extubation readiness testing experienced better outcomes, including decreased delirium and invasive mechanical ventilation duration. METHODS: This was a quality improvement project in a 24-bed pediatric ICU within a single center, including subjects ≤ 18 years old who required invasive mechanical ventilation via an oral or nasal endotracheal tube. The aim was to decrease the invasive mechanical ventilation duration for all the subjects by 25% within 9 months through the development and implementation of bundled benzodiazepine-sparing analgosedation and extubation readiness testing clinical pathways. RESULTS: In the pre-implementation cohort, there were 274 encounters, with 253 (92.3%) that met inclusion for ending in an extubation attempt. In the implementation cohort, there were 367 encounters with 332 (90.5%) that ended in an extubation attempt. The mean invasive mechanical ventilation duration decreased by 23% (Pre 3.95 d vs Post 3.1 d; P = .039) after the implementation without a change in the mean pediatric ICU length of stay (Pre 7.5 d vs Post 6.5 d; P = .42). No difference in unplanned extubation (P > .99) or extubation failure rates (P = .67) were demonstrated. Sedation levels as evaluated by the mean State Behavioral Scale were similar (Pre --1.0 vs Post --1.1; P = .09). The median total benzodiazepine dose administered decreased by 75% (Pre 0.4 vs Post 0.1 mg/kg/ventilated day; P < .001). No difference in narcotic withdrawal (Pre 17.8% vs Post 16.4%; P = .65) or with delirium treatment (Pre 5.5% vs Post 8.7%; P = .14) was demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS: A multidisciplinary, bundled benzodiazepine-sparing analgosedation and extubation readiness testing approach resulted in a reduction in mechanical ventilation duration and benzodiazepine exposure without impacting key balancing measures. External validity needs to be evaluated in similar centers and consensus on best practices developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: The majority of pediatric extubations occur during day shift hours. There is a time-dependent relationship between mechanical ventilation duration and complications. It is not known if extubation shift (day vs night) correlates with pediatric extubation outcomes. Pediatric ventilation duration may be unnecessarily prolonged if extubation is routinely delayed until day shift hours. METHODS: We hypothesized that extubation failure would not correlate with shift of extubation and that ventilation duration at first extubation and that length of stay in the pediatric ICU (PICU) would be shorter for children extubated at night. This was a retrospective cohort study within one tertiary care, 24-bed, academic PICU. RESULTS: 582 ventilation encounters were included, representing 517 unique subjects. Status epilepticus was a more common diagnosis among night shift extubations (P = .005), whereas surgical airway conditions were more common among day shift extubations (P = .02). Mechanical ventilation duration at first extubation (37.6 vs 62.5 h, P < .001) and length of stay in the PICU (2.8 vs 4.5 d, P < .001) were shorter for night shift extubations. The extubation failure rate was 10.3% for day shift and 8.1% for night shift (P = .40). Logistic regression modeling at the level of the unique subject indicated that extubation shift was not associated with extubation failure (P = .44). The majority of re-intubation events occurred on the shift opposite of extubation. There was no difference in complications according to shift of re-intubation (P = .72). CONCLUSIONS: Extubation failure was not independently associated with extubation shift in this single-center study. Ventilation liberation should be considered at the first opportunity dictated by clinical data and patient-specific factors rather than by the time of day at centers with similar resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]