Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the optimal deimplementation strategies for an overused practice: continuous pulse oximetry monitoring of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis who are not receiving supplemental oxygen.

Conditions

  • Bronchiolitis Acute Viral

Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

Population a: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while not receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air," for primary trial outcome)

Inclusion Criteria:

* Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old
* Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial
* Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine)
* Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent physician progress note
* Not actively receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air")
* Last documented receipt of supplemental oxygen \>1 hour prior to direct observational data collection

Exclusion Criteria:

* Documented apnea or cyanosis during the current illness
* Extreme prematurity (\<28 weeks completed gestation)
* Cardiac disease
* Pulmonary hypertension
* Chronic lung disease
* Home oxygen requirement
* Neuromuscular disease
* Immunodeficiency
* Cancer
* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2)-related illness (known or suspected, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)

Population b: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while receiving supplemental oxygen (for underuse evaluation).

Inclusion Criteria:

* Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old
* Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial
* Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine)
* Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent physician progress note
* Actively receiving ≥2 Liters/minute (2L/min) supplemental oxygen or 21% room air flow

Exclusion Criteria:

* Extreme prematurity (\<28 weeks completed gestation)
* Cardiac disease
* Pulmonary hypertension
* Chronic lung disease
* Home oxygen requirement
* Neuromuscular disease
* Immunodeficiency
* Cancer
* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 \[Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2 (known or suspected)\]

Phase

NA

Gender

ALL

Min Age

2 Months

Max Age

N/A

Download Date

2026-02-13

Principal Investigator

Primary Investigator

Patty Stoeck, MD

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Primary Contact Information

Contact Info
Patty Stoeck, MD
patricia.stoeck@childrens.harvard.edu

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Intervention

Intervention Type

BEHAVIORAL

BEHAVIORAL

BEHAVIORAL

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention Name

Educational Outreach

Audit & Feedback (unit level)

Audit & Feedback (real time, individual-level)

Clinical Pathway Integrated into Electronic Health Record

Contact

For more information and to contact the study team:

Eliminating Monitor Overuse Trial (EMO Trial) NCT05132322 Patty Stoeck, MD patricia.stoeck@childrens.harvard.edu