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Icough protocol

Icough protocol has been studied in 1 paper since 2025: 1 observational study in people; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, Nov 19, 2025: “Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol results in a decreased incidence of postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia in geriatric hip fracture patients”.

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The findings reach people, from one lab or study. 1 lab in 1 country.

“Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol was independently associated with a lower risk of developing postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia (aOR=0.551, 95 % CI=0.347-0.875, p = 0.012).”
Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol results in a decreased incidence of postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia in geriatric hip fracture patientsInjury2025doi:10.1016/j.injury.2025.112897

None of its findings points the other way.

Humans: a single group. Cells, worms or flies and mice: nothing yet.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Humans1

What did studies of icough protocol find?

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Studies of icough protocol measured 2 outcomes: mortality and delirium.

Mortality

downin humans1−1.4%

1 study

  1. Icough protocol is linked with lower mortality in humans (geriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatment) (-1.4%).

    “30-day mortality was reduced with 1.4 % (p = 0.022) in the intervention group.”

    Humansgeriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatmentn = 1,342

    Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol results in a decreased incidence of postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia in geriatric hip fracture patients

    Injury

Delirium

downin humans1−7.9%

1 study

  1. Icough protocol is linked with lower delirium in humans (geriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatment) (-7.9%).

    “Secondary outcomes showed that delirium was reduced with 7.9 % (p = 0.012) and 30-day mortality was reduced with 1.4 % (p = 0.022) in the intervention group.”

    Humansgeriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatmentn = 1,342

    Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol results in a decreased incidence of postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia in geriatric hip fracture patients

    Injury

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What is icough protocol linked with?

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Studies link icough protocol with hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia

downin humans1

1 study

  1. Icough protocol is linked with a lower risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia in humans (geriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatment) (aOR 0.551 (95% CI 0.347-0.875), 4.7% vs 8.0%).

    “Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol was independently associated with a lower risk of developing postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia (aOR=0.551, 95 % CI=0.347-0.875, p = 0.012).”

    Humansgeriatric hip fracture patients undergoing operative treatmentn = 1,342

    Implementation of the ICOUGH protocol results in a decreased incidence of postoperative hospital-acquired pneumonia in geriatric hip fracture patients

    Injury

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