title: Levine's framework in long-term ventilated patients during the weaning course.
abstract: Within the context of Levine's conceptual framework, this study evaluated fatigue and protein calorie malnutrition affecting adult, long-term ventilated patients during the weaning process. Levine's principles of energy and structural integrity provided the basis for an evaluation of the fatigue and prealbumin levels for 11 patients. During the weaning process (1 to 4 weeks), fatigue data were collected at multiple points while prealbumin levels were collected weekly. Statistically significant findings revealed that long-term ventilated patients had distinctive fatigue trends in addition to trends associated with low prealbumin levels, which can affect the patient's weaning ability.
authors.affiliation: NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Delmore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000378:metabolism; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin