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van Staa TP, Pate A, Martin GP, Sharma A, Dark P, Felton T, Zhong X, Bladon S, Cunningham N, Gilham EL, Brown CS, Mirfenderesky M, Palin V, Ashiru-Oredope D. Sepsis and case fatality rates and associations with deprivation, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics: population-based case-control study with linked primary care and hospital data in England. Infection 2024; 52:1469-1479. [PMID: 38627354 PMCID: PMC11288984 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02235-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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PURPOSE Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection. The purpose of the study was to measure the associations of specific exposures (deprivation, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics) with incident sepsis and case fatality. METHODS Two research databases in England were used including anonymized patient-level records from primary care linked to hospital admission, death certificate, and small-area deprivation. Sepsis cases aged 65-100 years were matched to up to six controls. Predictors for sepsis (including 60 clinical conditions) were evaluated using logistic and random forest models; case fatality rates were analyzed using logistic models. RESULTS 108,317 community-acquired sepsis cases were analyzed. Severe frailty was strongly associated with the risk of developing sepsis (crude odds ratio [OR] 14.93; 95% confidence interval [CI] 14.37-15.52). The quintile with most deprived patients showed an increased sepsis risk (crude OR 1.48; 95% CI 1.45-1.51) compared to least deprived quintile. Strong predictors for sepsis included antibiotic exposure in prior 2 months, being house bound, having cancer, learning disability, and diabetes mellitus. Severely frail patients had a case fatality rate of 42.0% compared to 24.0% in non-frail patients (adjusted OR 1.53; 95% CI 1.41-1.65). Sepsis cases with recent prior antibiotic exposure died less frequently compared to non-users (adjusted OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.72-0.76). Case fatality strongly decreased over calendar time. CONCLUSION Given the variety of predictors and their level of associations for developing sepsis, there is a need for prediction models for risk of developing sepsis that can help to target preventative antibiotic therapy.
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- Tjeerd Pieter van Staa
- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Chadderton South Health Centre, Eaves Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 8RG, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Intensive Care Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, SW1P 3JR, UK
- NIHR Health Protection Unit in Healthcare-Associated Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics & Health Data Research UK North, Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Vaughan House, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, SW1P 3JR, UK
- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Piedmont S, Goldhahn L, Swart E, Robra BP, Fleischmann-Struzek C, Somasundaram R, Bauer W. Sepsis incidence, suspicion, prediction and mortality in emergency medical services: a cohort study related to the current international sepsis guideline. Infection 2024; 52:1325-1335. [PMID: 38372959 PMCID: PMC11288994 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02181-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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PURPOSE Sepsis suspicion by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is associated with improved patient outcomes. This study assessed sepsis incidence and recognition by EMS and analyzed which of the screening tools recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign best facilitates sepsis prediction. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of claims data from health insurances (n = 221,429 EMS cases), and paramedics' and emergency physicians' EMS documentation (n = 110,419); analyzed outcomes were: sepsis incidence and case fatality compared to stroke and myocardial infarction, the extent of documentation for screening-relevant variables and sepsis suspicion, tools' intersections for screening positive in identical EMS cases and their predictive ability for an inpatient sepsis diagnosis. RESULTS Incidence of sepsis (1.6%) was similar to myocardial infarction (2.6%) and stroke (2.7%); however, 30-day case fatality rate was almost threefold higher (31.7% vs. 13.4%; 11.8%). Complete vital sign documentation was achieved in 8.2% of all cases. Paramedics never, emergency physicians rarely (0.1%) documented a sepsis suspicion, respectively septic shock. NEWS2 had the highest sensitivity (73.1%; Specificity:81.6%) compared to qSOFA (23.1%; Sp:96.6%), SIRS (28.2%; Sp:94.3%) and MEWS (48.7%; Sp:88.1%). Depending on the tool, 3.7% to 19.4% of all cases screened positive; only 0.8% in all tools simultaneously. CONCLUSION Incidence and mortality underline the need for better sepsis awareness, documentation of vital signs and use of screening tools. Guidelines may omit MEWS and SIRS as recommendations for prehospital providers since they were inferior in all accuracy measures. Though no tool performed ideally, NEWS2 qualifies as the best tool to predict the highest proportion of septic patients and to rule out cases that are likely non-septic.
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- Silke Piedmont
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Zentrale Notaufnahme Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
- Institut für Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institut für Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institut für Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Zentrale Notaufnahme Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Zentrale Notaufnahme Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
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Sankaran R, Gulseren B, Prescott HC, Langa KM, Nguyen T, Ryan AM. Identifying Sources of Inter-Hospital Variation in Episode Spending for Sepsis Care. Med Care 2024; 62:441-448. [PMID: 38625015 PMCID: PMC11161310 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate inter-hospital variation in 90-day total episode spending for sepsis, estimate the relative contributions of each component of spending, and identify drivers of spending across the distribution of episode spending on sepsis care. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Medicare fee-for-service claims for beneficiaries (n=324,694) discharged from acute care hospitals for sepsis, defined by MS-DRG, between October 2014 and September 2018. RESEARCH DESIGN Multiple linear regression with hospital-level fixed effects was used to identify average hospital differences in 90-day episode spending. Separate multiple linear regression and quantile regression models were used to evaluate drivers of spending across the episode spending distribution. RESULTS The mean total episode spending among hospitals in the most expensive quartile was $30,500 compared with $23,150 for the least expensive hospitals ( P <0.001). Postacute care spending among the most expensive hospitals was almost double that of least expensive hospitals ($7,045 vs. $3,742), accounting for 51% of the total difference in episode spending between the most expensive and least expensive hospitals. Female patients, patients with more comorbidities, urban hospitals, and BPCI-A-participating hospitals were associated with significantly increased episode spending, with the effect increasing at the right tail of the spending distribution. CONCLUSION Inter-hospital variation in 90-day episode spending on sepsis care is driven primarily by differences in post-acute care spending.
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- Roshun Sankaran
- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
- Center for Evaluating Health Reform, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
- Center for Evaluating Health Reform, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Center for Health Policy, Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI
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Ginestra JC, Coz Yataco AO, Dugar SP, Dettmer MR. Hospital-Onset Sepsis Warrants Expanded Investigation and Consideration as a Unique Clinical Entity. Chest 2024; 165:1421-1430. [PMID: 38246522 PMCID: PMC11177099 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Sepsis causes more than a quarter million deaths among hospitalized adults in the United States each year. Although most cases of sepsis are present on admission, up to one-quarter of patients with sepsis develop this highly morbid and mortal condition while hospitalized. Compared with patients with community-onset sepsis (COS), patients with hospital-onset sepsis (HOS) are twice as likely to require mechanical ventilation and ICU admission, have more than two times longer ICU and hospital length of stay, accrue five times higher hospital costs, and are twice as likely to die. Patients with HOS differ from those with COS with respect to underlying comorbidities, admitting diagnosis, clinical manifestations of infection, and severity of illness. Despite the differences between these patient populations, patients with HOS sepsis are understudied and warrant expanded investigation. Here, we outline important knowledge gaps in the recognition and management of HOS in adults and propose associated research priorities for investigators. Of particular importance are questions regarding standardization of research and clinical case identification, understanding of clinical heterogeneity among patients with HOS, development of tailored management recommendations, identification of impactful prevention strategies, optimization of care delivery and quality metrics, identification and correction of disparities in care and outcomes, and how to ensure goal-concordant care for patients with HOS.
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- Jennifer C Ginestra
- Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Center for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
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Flacks N, Martin C, Liew D, Walker K, Jones D. Infectious and sepsis presentations to, and hospital admissions from emergency departments in Victoria, Australia. Emerg Med Australas 2024; 36:450-458. [PMID: 38413376 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency and outcomes of adult infectious and sepsis presentations to, and hospital admissions from, Emergency Departments (EDs) in Victoria, Australia. METHODS Retrospective cohort study using the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset and Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset. We included adults (age ≥ 18 years) presenting to an ED, or admitted to hospital from ED in Victoria between July 2017 and June 2018. One-year mortality was analysed until June 2019 using the Victorian Death Index, and ICD-10 coding was used to identify cases. RESULTS Among 1.28 million ED presentations over 1 year, 12.00% and 0.45% were coded with infectious and sepsis diagnoses, respectively. Despite having lower triage categories, patients with infections were more likely to be admitted to hospital (50.4% vs 44.9%), but not directly to ICU (0.8%). Patients coded with sepsis were assigned higher triage categories and required hospital admission much more frequently (96.4% vs 44.9%), including to ICU (15.9% vs 0.8%). Patients presenting with infections and sepsis had increased risk of 1-year mortality (adjusted hazard ratio 1.44 and 4.13, respectively). Of the 648 280 hospital admissions from the ED, infection and sepsis were coded in 23.69% and 2.66%, respectively, and the adjusted odds ratio for 1-year mortality were 1.64 and 4.79, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Infections and sepsis are common causes of presentation to, and admission from the ED in Victoria. Such patients experience higher mortality than non-infectious patients, even after adjusting for age. There is a need to identify modifiable factors contributing to these outcomes.
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- Nathaniel Flacks
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Takahashi N, Imaeda T, Oami T, Abe T, Shime N, Komiya K, Kawamura H, Yamao Y, Fushimi K, Nakada TA. Incidence and mortality of community-acquired and nosocomial infections in Japan: a nationwide medical claims database study. BMC Infect Dis 2024; 24:518. [PMID: 38783190 PMCID: PMC11112762 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-09353-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND It is important to determine the prevalence and prognosis of community-acquired infection (CAI) and nosocomial infection (NI) to develop treatment strategies and appropriate medical policies in aging society. METHODS Patients hospitalized between January 2010 and December 2019, for whom culture tests were performed and antibiotics were administered, were selected using a national claims-based database. The annual trends in incidence and in-hospital mortality were calculated and evaluated by dividing the patients into four age groups. RESULTS Of the 73,962,409 inpatients registered in the database, 9.7% and 4.7% had CAI and NI, respectively. These incidences tended to increase across the years in both the groups. Among the patients hospitalized with infectious diseases, there was a significant increase in patients aged ≥ 85 years (CAI: + 1.04%/year and NI: + 0.94%/year, P < 0.001), while there was a significant decrease in hospitalization of patients aged ≤ 64 years (CAI: -1.63%/year and NI: -0.94%/year, P < 0.001). In-hospital mortality was significantly higher in the NI than in the CAI group (CAI: 8.3%; NI: 14.5%, adjusted mean difference 4.7%). The NI group had higher organ support, medical cost per patient, and longer duration of hospital stay. A decreasing trend in mortality was observed in both the groups (CAI: -0.53%/year and NI: -0.72%/year, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION The present analysis of a large Japanese claims database showed that NI is a significant burden on hospitalized patients in aging societies, emphasizing the need to address particularly on NI.
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- Nozomi Takahashi
- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Ad Hoc Committee On Clinical Research Using DPC, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Ad Hoc Committee On Clinical Research Using DPC, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
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- Ad Hoc Committee On Clinical Research Using DPC, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Informatics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Ad Hoc Committee On Clinical Research Using DPC, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Todorovic Markovic M, Todorovic Mitic M, Ignjatovic A, Gottfredsson M, Gaini S. Mortality in Community-Acquired Sepsis and Infections in the Faroe Islands-A Prospective Observational Study. Infect Dis Rep 2024; 16:448-457. [PMID: 38804443 PMCID: PMC11130956 DOI: 10.3390/idr16030033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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The aim of this study was to collect data and analyze mortality among patients hospitalized with community-acquired infections in the Faroe Islands. A prospective observational study was conducted in the Medical Department of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands from October 2013 to April 2015. Cumulative all-cause, in-hospital, short-term, intermediate-term and long-term mortality rates were calculated. Kaplan-Meier survival curves comparing infection-free patients with infected patients of all severities and different age groups are presented. A log-rank test was used to compare groups. Mortality hazard ratios were calculated for subgroups using Cox regression multivariable models. There were 1309 patients without infection and 755 patients with infection. There were 51% female and 49% male patients. Mean age was 62.73 ± 19.71. Cumulative all-cause mortality and in-hospital mortality were highest in more severe forms of infection. This pattern remained the same for short-term mortality in the model adjusted for sex and age, while there were no significant differences among the various infection groups in regard to intermediate- or long-term survival after adjustment. Overall and short-term mortality rates were highest among those with severe manifestations of infection and those with infection compared to infection-free patients.
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- Marija Todorovic Markovic
- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, JC. Svabosgøta 41-49, 100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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- Department of Medical Statistics and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Nis, 18108 Nis, Serbia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Landspitali University Hospital, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, JC. Svabosgøta 41-49, 100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, 100 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
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O'Neal HR, Sheybani R, Janz DR, Scoggins R, Jagneaux T, Walker JE, Henning DJ, Rosenman E, Mahler SA, Regunath H, Sampson CS, Files DC, Fremont RD, Noto MJ, Schneider EE, Shealey WR, Berlinger MS, Carver TC, Walker MK, Ledeboer NA, Shah AM, Tse HTK, DiCarlo D, Rice TW, Thomas CB. Validation of a Novel, Rapid Sepsis Diagnostic for Emergency Department Use. Crit Care Explor 2024; 6:e1026. [PMID: 38333076 PMCID: PMC10852401 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the in vitro IntelliSep test, a microfluidic assay that quantifies the state of immune activation by evaluating the biophysical properties of leukocytes, as a rapid diagnostic for sepsis. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Five emergency departments (EDs) in Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington. PATIENTS Adult patients presenting to the ED with signs (two of four Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome criteria, where one must be temperature or WBC count) or suspicion (provider-ordered culture) of infection. INTERVENTIONS All patients underwent testing with the IntelliSep using ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid-anticoagulated whole blood followed by retrospective adjudication for sepsis by sepsis-3 criteria by a blinded panel of physicians. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Of 599 patients enrolled, 572 patients were included in the final analysis. The result of the IntelliSep test is reported as the IntelliSep Index (ISI), ranging from 0.1 to 10.0, divided into three interpretation bands for the risk of sepsis: band 1 (low) to band 3 (high). The median turnaround time for ISI results was 7.2 minutes. The ISI resulted band 1 in 252 (44.1%), band 2 in 160 (28.0%), and band 3 in 160 (28.0%). Sepsis occurred in 26.6% (152 of 572 patients). Sepsis prevalence was 11.1% (95% CI, 7.5-15.7%) in band 1, 28.1% (95% CI, 21.3-35.8%) in band 2, and 49.4% (95% CI, 41.4-57.4%) in band 3. The Positive Percent Agreement of band 1 was 81.6% and the Negative Percent Agreement of band 3 was 80.7%, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.74. Compared with band 1, band 3 correlated with adverse clinical outcomes, including mortality, and resource utilization. CONCLUSIONS Increasing ISI interpretation band is associated with increasing probability of sepsis in patients presenting to the ED with suspected infection.
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- Hollis R O'Neal
- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Pulmonary & Critical Care, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Pulmonary & Critical Care, University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Kootenai Health, Coeur d'Alene, ID
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Pulmonary & Critical Care, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Pulmonary & Critical Care, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, and Implementation Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland-Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
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- Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Bon Secours Mercy Health System, Richmond, VA
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- Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Critical Care Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Pulmonary & Critical Care, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Pulmonary & Critical Care, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Zhong X, Ashiru-Oredope D, Pate A, Martin GP, Sharma A, Dark P, Felton T, Lake C, MacKenna B, Mehrkar A, Bacon SC, Massey J, Inglesby P, Goldacre B, Hand K, Bladon S, Cunningham N, Gilham E, Brown CS, Mirfenderesky M, Palin V, van Staa TP. Clinical and health inequality risk factors for non-COVID-related sepsis during the global COVID-19 pandemic: a national case-control and cohort study. EClinicalMedicine 2023; 66:102321. [PMID: 38192590 PMCID: PMC10772239 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Background Sepsis, characterised by significant morbidity and mortality, is intricately linked to socioeconomic disparities and pre-admission clinical histories. This study aspires to elucidate the association between non-COVID-19 related sepsis and health inequality risk factors amidst the pandemic in England, with a secondary focus on their association with 30-day sepsis mortality. Methods With the approval of NHS England, we harnessed the OpenSAFELY platform to execute a cohort study and a 1:6 matched case-control study. A sepsis diagnosis was identified from the incident hospital admissions record using ICD-10 codes. This encompassed 248,767 cases with non-COVID-19 sepsis from a cohort of 22.0 million individuals spanning January 1, 2019, to June 31, 2022. Socioeconomic deprivation was gauged using the Index of Multiple Deprivation score, reflecting indicators like income, employment, and education. Hospitalisation-related sepsis diagnoses were categorised as community-acquired or hospital-acquired. Cases were matched to controls who had no recorded diagnosis of sepsis, based on age (stepwise), sex, and calendar month. The eligibility criteria for controls were established primarily on the absence of a recorded sepsis diagnosis. Associations between potential predictors and odds of developing non-COVID-19 sepsis underwent assessment through conditional logistic regression models, with multivariable regression determining odds ratios (ORs) for 30-day mortality. Findings The study included 224,361 (10.2%) cases with non-COVID-19 sepsis and 1,346,166 matched controls. The most socioeconomic deprived quintile was associated with higher odds of developing non-COVID-19 sepsis than the least deprived quintile (crude OR 1.80 [95% CI 1.77-1.83]). Other risk factors (after adjusting comorbidities) such as learning disability (adjusted OR 3.53 [3.35-3.73]), chronic liver disease (adjusted OR 3.08 [2.97-3.19]), chronic kidney disease (stage 4: adjusted OR 2.62 [2.55-2.70], stage 5: adjusted OR 6.23 [5.81-6.69]), cancer, neurological disease, immunosuppressive conditions were also associated with developing non-COVID-19 sepsis. The incidence rate of non-COVID-19 sepsis decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic and rebounded to pre-pandemic levels (April 2021) after national lockdowns had been lifted. The 30-day mortality risk in cases with non-COVID-19 sepsis was higher for the most deprived quintile across all periods. Interpretation Socioeconomic deprivation, comorbidity and learning disabilities were associated with an increased odds of developing non-COVID-19 related sepsis and 30-day mortality in England. This study highlights the need to improve the prevention of sepsis, including more precise targeting of antimicrobials to higher-risk patients. Funding The UK Health Security Agency, Health Data Research UK, and National Institute for Health Research.
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- Xiaomin Zhong
- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London SW1P 3JR, UK
- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Chadderton South Health Centre, Eaves Lane, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 8RG, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- Intensive Care Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- Maples Medical Centre, 2 Scout Dr, Baguley, Manchester M23 2SY, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
- NHS England, Wellington House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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- Pharmacy Department, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London SW1P 3JR, UK
- NIHR Health Protection Unit in Healthcare-Associated Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London SW1P 3JR, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine, Maternal and Fetal Research Centre, The University of Manchester, St Marys Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- Centre for Health Informatics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Rose N, Spoden M, Freytag A, Pletz M, Eckmanns T, Wedekind L, Storch J, Schlattmann P, Hartog CS, Reinhart K, Günster C, Fleischmann-Struzek C. Association between hospital onset of infection and outcomes in sepsis patients - A propensity score matched cohort study based on health claims data in Germany. Int J Med Microbiol 2023; 313:151593. [PMID: 38070459 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2023.151593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hospital-acquired infections are a common source of sepsis. Hospital onset of sepsis was found to be associated with higher acute mortality and hospital costs, yet its impact on long-term patient-relevant outcomes and costs is unknown. OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the association between sepsis origin and acute and long-term outcomes based on a nationwide population-based cohort of sepsis patients in Germany. METHODS This retrospective cohort study used nationwide health claims data from 23 million health insurance beneficiaries. Sepsis patients with hospital-acquired infections (HAI) were identified by ICD-10-codes in a cohort of adult patients with hospital-treated sepsis between 2013 and 2014. Cases without these ICD-10-codes were considered as sepsis cases with community-acquired infection (CAI) and were matched with HAI sepsis patients by propensity score matching. Outcomes included in-hospital/12-month mortality and costs, as well as readmissions and nursing care dependency until 12 months postsepsis. RESULTS We matched 33,110 HAI sepsis patients with 28,614 CAI sepsis patients and 22,234 HAI sepsis hospital survivors with 19,364 CAI sepsis hospital survivors. HAI sepsis patients had a higher hospital mortality than CAI sepsis patients (32.8% vs. 25.4%, RR 1.3, p < .001). Similarly, 12-months postacute mortality was higher (37.2% vs. 30.1%, RR=1.2, p < .001). Hospital and 12-month health care costs were 178% and 22% higher in HAI patients than in CAI patients, respectively. Twelve months postsepsis, HAI sepsis survivors were more often newly dependent on nursing care (33.4% vs. 24.0%, RR=1.4, p < .001) and experienced 5% more hospital readmissions (mean number of readmissions: 2.1 vs. 2.0, p < .001). CONCLUSIONS HAI sepsis patients face an increased risk of adverse outcomes both during the acute sepsis episode and in the long-term. Measures to prevent HAI and its progression into sepsis may be an opportunity to mitigate the burden of long-term impairments and costs of sepsis, e.g., by early detection of HAI progressing into sepsis, particularly in normal wards; adequate sepsis management and adherence to sepsis bundles in hospital-acquired sepsis; and an improved infection prevention and control.
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- Norman Rose
- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Research Institute of the Local Health Care Funds, Berlin, Germany/ Federal Association of the Local Health Care Funds, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Klinik Bavaria, Kreischa, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Research Institute of the Local Health Care Funds, Berlin, Germany/ Federal Association of the Local Health Care Funds, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.
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Nejtek T, Müller M, Moravec M, Průcha M, Zazula R. Bacteremia in Patients with Sepsis in the ICU: Does It Make a Difference? Microorganisms 2023; 11:2357. [PMID: 37764201 PMCID: PMC10534394 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Sepsis (and septic shock) is on of the most common causes of death worldwide. Bacteremia often, but not necessarily, occurs in septic patients, but the impact of true bacteremia on a patient's clinical characteristics and outcome remains unclear. The main aim of this study was to compare the characteristics and outcome of a well-defined cohort of 258 septic patients with and without bacteremia treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary center hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. As expected, more frequently, bacteremia was present in patients without previous antibiotic treatment. A higher proportion of bacteremia was observed in patients with infective endocarditis as well as catheter-related and soft tissue infections in contrast to respiratory sepsis. Multivariant analysis showed increased severity of clinical status and higher Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) as variables with significant influence on mortality. Bacteremia appears to be associated with higher mortality rates and length of ICU stay in comparison with nonbacteremic counterparts, but this difference did not reach statistical significance. The presence of bacteremia, apart from previous antibiotic treatment, may be related to the site of infection.
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- Tomáš Nejtek
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Military Science, University of Defence, 500 01 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic;
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer University Hospital, 140 59 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (R.Z.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer University Hospital, 140 59 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (R.Z.)
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Military Science, University of Defence, 500 01 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic;
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer University Hospital, 140 59 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (R.Z.)
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hematology and Immunology, Na Homolce Hospital, 150 00 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer University Hospital, 140 59 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.M.); (R.Z.)
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de Araújo GC, Pardini A, Lima C. The impact of comorbidities and COVID-19 on the evolution of community onset sepsis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10589. [PMID: 37391466 PMCID: PMC10313672 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37709-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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Sepsis is a disease with high mortality and morbidity despite advances in diagnostic procedures and therapeutic strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile and outcomes of community-onset sepsis. This retrospective, multicenter study included five 24-h health care units and was conducted from January 2018 to December 2021. Patients were diagnosed with sepsis or septic shock according to the Sepsis 3.0 criterion. A total of 2630 patients diagnosed as having sepsis (68.4%, 1800) or septic shock (31.6%, 830) in the 24-h health care unit were included; 43.76% of the patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, 12.2% died, 4.1% had sepsis and 30% had septic shock. The comorbidities that were independent predictors of septic shock were chronic kidney disease on dialysis (CKD-d), bone marrow transplantation and neoplasia. CKD and neoplasia were also independent predictors of mortality, with ORs of 2.00 (CI 1.10-3.68) p = 0.023 and 1.74 (CI 1.319-2.298) p = < 0.0001, respectively. Mortality according to the focus of primary infection was as follows: pulmonary 40.1%; COVID-19 35.7%; abdominal 8.1% and urinary 6.2%. Mortality due to the COVID-19 outbreak had an OR of 4.94 (CI 3.08-8.13) p ≤ 0.0001. Even though community-onset sepsis can be potentially fatal, this study revealed that some comorbidities lead to an increased risk of septic shock (d-CKD and neoplasia) and mortality. COVID-19 infection as the primary focus was an independent predictor of mortality in patients with sepsis when compared to other foci.
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- Nursing Course, Israeli Faculty of Health Sciences Albert Einstein, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, 419 Av. Doutor Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, Third Floor, Cerqueira César, São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil.
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Valk-Draad MP, Bohnet-Joschko S. [Nursing home-sensitive conditions and approaches to reduce hospitalization of nursing home residents]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2023; 66:199-211. [PMID: 36625862 PMCID: PMC9830609 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-022-03654-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interventions to reduce potentially risky hospitalizations among nursing home residents are highly relevant for patient safety and quality improvement. A catalog of nursing home-sensitive conditions (NHSCs) grounds the policy recommendations and interventions. METHODS In two previous research phases, an expert panel developed a catalog of 58 NHSCs using an adapted Delphi-procedure (the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method). This procedure was developed by the North American non-profit Research and Development Organisation (RAND) and clinicians of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). We present the third phase of the project focused on the development of interventions to reduce NHSCs starting with an expert workshop. The workshop results were then evaluated by six experts from related sectors, supplemented, and systematically used to produce recommendations for action. Possible implementation obstacles were considered and the time horizon of effectiveness was estimated. RESULTS The recommendations address communication, cooperation, documentation and care competence as well as facility-related, financial, and legal aspects. Indication bundles demonstrate the relevance for the German healthcare system. To increase effectiveness, the experts advise a meaningful combination of individual recommendations. DISCUSSION By optimizing multidisciplinary communication and cooperation, combined with an- also digital - expansion of the infrastructure and the creation of institution-specific and legal prerequisites as well as remuneration structures, an estimated 35% of all hospitalizations, approximately 220,000 hospitalizations for Germany, could be prevented. The implementation expenditure could be refinanced by avoided hospitalization savings amounting to 768 million euros.
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- Maria Paula Valk-Draad
- Lehrstuhl für Management und Innovation im Gesundheitswesen, Fakultät für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Deutschland
- Lehrstuhl für Community Health Nursing, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Deutschland
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- Lehrstuhl für Management und Innovation im Gesundheitswesen, Fakultät für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Str. 50, 58448, Witten, Deutschland.
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Casalboni S, Valli G, Terlizzi F, Mastracchi M, Fidelio G, De Marco F, Bernardi C, Chieruzzi A, Curcio A, De Cicco F, Colella N, Papasidero ID, Tartarone E, Ruggieri MP, Di Somma S. 30 Days Mortality Prognostic Value of POCT Bio-Adrenomedullin and Proenkephalin in Patients with Sepsis in the Emergency Department. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2022; 58:medicina58121786. [PMID: 36556987 PMCID: PMC9783595 DOI: 10.3390/medicina58121786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background and Objective: Sepsis is a worldwide severe disease with a high incidence and mortality rate. Sepsis is a frequent cause of admission to the emergency department (ED). Although prognostic scores (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SOFA; New Early Warning Score, NEWS; Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, REMS) are commonly used for risk stratification in septic patients, many of these scores are of poor utility in the ED. In this setting, biomarkers are promising alternatives, easier to perform and potentially more specific. Bio-adrenomedullin (Bio-ADM) and Proenkephalin (PenKid) seem to have a key role in the development of organ dysfunctions induced by sepsis and, therefore, could help in the risk stratification of patients with sepsis at ED admission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of Bio-ADM and PenKid, obtained through a point of care (POCT) device, in predicting 30 days mortality for patients presenting to the ED with sepsis. Methods and Results: In total, 177 consecutive adult patients with a diagnosis of sepsis presenting to the ED of San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital in Rome, Italy, between May 2021 and April 2022 were enrolled in this prospective observational study. For each patient, Bio-ADM and PenKid were obtained at ED admission together with SOFA, NEWS and REMS scores. Next, 30 days follow-up data were collected to evaluate patient mortality. Both biomarkers (Bio-ADM and PenKid) and clinical scores (SOFA, NEWS and REMS) were good predictors of mortality at 30 days, with Bio-ADM and REMS outperforming the others. Moreover, PenKid resulted in being linked with the worsening of kidney function. Conclusions: In patients presenting with sepsis in the ED, Bio-ADM and PenKid, evaluated with a POCT device, predicted 30-day mortality. These two biomarkers seem even more useful when integrated with clinical risk scores at ED admission.
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- Silvia Casalboni
- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, 00184 Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
- GREAT Network (Global Research on Acute Condition Team), 00100 Rome, Italy
- Department of Medical -Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy
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DeShon B, Dummitt B, Allen J, Yount B. Prediction of sepsis onset in hospital admissions using survival analysis. J Clin Monit Comput 2022; 36:1611-1619. [PMID: 35076834 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-022-00804-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To determine the efficacy of modern survival analysis methods for predicting sepsis onset in ICU, emergency, medical/surgical, and TCU departments. We performed a retrospective analysis on ICU, med/surg, ED, and TCU cases from multiple Mercy Health hospitals from August 2018 to March 2020. Patients in these departments were monitored by the Mercy Virtual vSepsis team and sepsis cases were determined and documented in the Mercy EHR via a rule-based engine utilizing clinical data. We used survival-based modeling methods to predict sepsis onset in these cases. The three survival methods that were used to predict the onset of severe sepsis and septic shock produced AUC values > 0.85 and each provided a median lead time of > 20 h prior to disease onset. This methodology improves upon previous work by demonstrating excellent model performance when generalizing survival-based prediction methods to both severe sepsis and septic shock as well as non-ICU departments.IRB InformationTrial Registration ID: 1,532,327-1.Trial Effective Date: 12/02/2019.
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- Brandon DeShon
- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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Rodos A, Aaronson E, Rothenberg C, Goyal P, Sharma D, Slesinger T, Schuur J, Venkatesh A. Improving Sepsis Management Through the Emergency Quality Network Sepsis Initiative. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2022; 48:572-580. [PMID: 36137885 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Public reporting of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) SEP-1 sepsis quality measure is often too late and without the data granularity to inform real-time quality improvement (QI). In response, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) Sepsis Initiative sought to support QI efforts through benchmarking of preliminary draft SEP-1 scores for emergency department (ED) patients. This study sought to determine the anticipatory value of these preliminary SEP-1 benchmarking scores and publicly reported performance. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis was performed on QI data collected from hospital-based ED sites participating in the E-QUAL Sepsis Collaborative in 2017 and 2018. Participating EDs submitted SEP-1 benchmarking scores semiannually, which were compared to publicly reported CMS SEP-1 data. EDs also reported implementation data on a variety of sepsis-related QI activities for comparison based on SEP-1 performance. RESULTS Among 220 EDs participating in E-QUAL, SEP-1 benchmarking scores showed weak but statistically significant correlation with CMS SEP-1 scores (r = 0.189, p = 0.01). Mean E-QUAL SEP-1 benchmarking scores were higher than mean CMS SEP-1 scores (74.1% vs. 57.2%), with 83.2% of sites reporting a benchmarking score higher than the CMS SEP-1 score. EDs with SEP-1 scores in the bottom 20% reported completion of more sepsis-related QI activities than EDs with average or top 20% SEP-1 scores. CONCLUSION Preliminary benchmarking results demonstrate a weak, statistically significant correlation with subsequent publicly reported CMS SEP-1 scores and suggest that ED performance in sepsis care may exceed overall hospital performance inclusive of all inpatients. Sepsis quality measurement and sepsis QI efforts may be best guided by separating ED sepsis cases from in-hospital sepsis cases as is done for other acute time-sensitive conditions.
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Valk-Draad MP, Bohnet-Joschko S. Nursing Home-Sensitive Hospitalizations and the Relevance of Telemedicine: A Scoping Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12944. [PMID: 36232255 PMCID: PMC9566431 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The aging of society is increasing the number of hospitalizations of nursing home residents. Telemedicine might help reduce the frequency of these potentially risk-associated hospitalizations. This scoping review looked for evidence of a change in the rate of hospitalization and, if mentioned, any cost savings and/or staff acceptance of the use of telemedicine in a nursing home setting. To identify available evidence, the electronic databases PubMed, Livivo, EBSCO and JSTOR were searched (without time or regional constraints) for comparative primary research studies on this topic in peer-reviewed journals. A total of 1127 articles were retrieved and 923 titles and abstracts were screened, with 16 studies published between 2001 and 2022 being included. Telemedicine consultation reduced the hospitalization of nursing home residents in 14/16 and care costs in 8/11 articles. Staff satisfaction was mentioned positively in five studies. Most studies used telemedicine involving medical diagnostic technologies (10), (electronic) health records (9), specialists (9) and specialized nursing staff (11). Few studies had a higher level of evidence: only one randomized clinical trial was included. There is the need for high credibility studies, using guidelines on protocol and reporting, to better understand the hindering and facilitating factors of telemedicine provision in the healthcare of nursing home residents.
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Hyun DG, Lee SY, Ahn JH, Huh JW, Hong SB, Koh Y, Lim CM, Oh DK, Suh GY, Jeon K, Ko RE, Cho YJ, Lee YJ, Lim SY, Park S, Heo J, Lee JM, Kim KC, Lee YJ, Chang Y, Jeon K, Lee SM, Hong SK, Cho WH, Kwak SH, Lee HB, Ahn JJ, Seong GM, Lee SI, Park S, Park TS, Lee SH, Choi EY, Moon JY. Mortality of patients with hospital-onset sepsis in hospitals with all-day and non-all-day rapid response teams: a prospective nationwide multicenter cohort study. Crit Care 2022; 26:280. [PMID: 36114545 PMCID: PMC9482246 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04149-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Hospital-onset sepsis is associated with a higher in-hospital mortality rate than community-onset sepsis. Many hospitals have implemented rapid response teams (RRTs) for early detection and timely management of at-risk hospitalized patients. However, the effectiveness of an all-day RRT over a non-all-day RRT in reducing the risk of in-hospital mortality in patient with hospital-onset sepsis is unclear. We aimed to determine the effect of the RRT’s operating hours on in-hospital mortality in inpatient patients with sepsis. Methods We conducted a nationwide cohort study of adult patients with hospital-onset sepsis prospectively collected from the Korean Sepsis Alliance (KSA) Database from 16 tertiary referral or university-affiliated hospitals in South Korea between September of 2019 and February of 2020. RRT was implemented in 11 hospitals, of which 5 (45.5%) operated 24-h RRT (all-day RRT) and the remaining 6 (54.5%) had part-day RRT (non-all-day RRT). The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality between the two groups. Results Of the 405 patients with hospital-onset sepsis, 206 (50.9%) were admitted to hospitals operating all-day RRT, whereas 199 (49.1%) were hospitalized in hospitals with non-all-day RRT. A total of 73 of the 206 patients in the all-day group (35.4%) and 85 of the 199 patients in the non-all-day group (42.7%) died in the hospital (P = 0.133). After adjustments for co-variables, the implementation of all-day RRT was associated with a significant reduction in in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio 0.57; 95% confidence interval 0.35–0.93; P = 0.024). Conclusions In comparison with non-all-day RRTs, the availability of all-day RRTs was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality among patients with hospital-onset sepsis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-022-04149-z.
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Chen RX, Wu ZQ, Li ZY, Wang HZ, Ji JF. Nomogram for predicting the prognosis of tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2022; 14:1771-1784. [PMID: 36187403 PMCID: PMC9516642 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v14.i9.1771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There were few studies on the prognosis of tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery and there was no relevant nomogram for predicting the prognosis of these patients.
AIM To establish a nomogram for predicting the prognosis of tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU).
METHODS A total of 303 septic patients after gastrointestinal tumor surgery admitted to the ICU at Peking University Cancer Hospital from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2020 were analysed retrospectively. The model for predicting the prognosis of septic patients was established by the R software package.
RESULTS The most common infection site of sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery in the ICU was abdominal infection. The 90-d all-cause mortality rate was 10.2% in our study group. In multiple analyses, we found that there were statistically significant differences in tumor type, septic shock, the number of lymphocytes after ICU admission, serum creatinine and total operation times among tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery (P < 0.05). These five variables could be used to establish a nomogram for predicting the prognosis of these septic patients. The nomogram was verified, and the initial C-index was 0.861. After 1000 internal validations of the model, the C-index was 0.876, and the discrimination was good. The correction curve indicated that the actual value was in good agreement with the predicted value.
CONCLUSION The nomogram based on these five factors (tumor type, septic shock, number of lymphocytes, serum creatinine, and total operation times) could accurately predict the prognosis of tumor patients with sepsis after gastrointestinal surgery.
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- Ren-Xiong Chen
- ICU, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- ICU, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China
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Sato R, Dugar S, Han X, Siuba MT, Mucha S, Dettmer M, Wang X, Yataco AC, Choudhary C, Khanna AK, Duggal A. TIME FROM HOSPITAL ADMISSION TO ONSET OF SEPTIC SHOCK IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY. Shock 2022; 58:211-216. [PMID: 35959788 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000001973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ABSTRACT Objective: Several studies have shown septic shock developing later during the hospital stay is associated with higher mortality. However, the precise point at which time from hospital admission to the onset of septic shock (admission-shock-onset-time) becomes an independent prognostic marker of mortality remains unknown. This study evaluated the association between admission-shock-onset-time and in-hospital mortality among patients with septic shock and the optimal cutoff period to categorize early- and late-onset septic shock. Method: We conducted a single-center retrospective, observational cohort study at a quaternary academic hospital comprising adult patients with septic shock admitted to a medical intensive care unit (ICU) from January 2011 to December 2020. A multivariable additive logistic regression model was developed to assess if log-transformed admission-shock-onset-time was associated with in-hospital mortality. The thin plate spline function was used to describe the nonlinear relationship between the log-transformed admission-shock-onset-time and in-hospital mortality. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, and the secondary outcome was ICU mortality. Results: Two thousand five hundred twenty patients met the inclusion criteria with an overall in-hospital mortality of 37.3%. The log-transformed admission-shock-onset-time was associated with higher in-hospital and ICU mortality even after adjusting for clinical variables. The odds ratio for in-hospital mortality continued to increase throughout the observation period. The adjusted odds ratio exceeded 2 in between 20.1 and 54.6 h, and it surpassed 3 in between 54.6 and 148.4 h of the time from the hospital admission to shock onset. Conclusion: In-hospital mortality continued to rise as admission-shock-onset-time increased in patients with septic shock. No clear dichotomization between early and late septic shock could be ascertained, and this categorization may limit our understanding of the temporal relationship of shock onset to mortality.
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- Ryota Sato
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Chan HK, Khose S, Chavez S, Patel B, Wang HE. Updated estimates of sepsis hospitalizations at United States academic medical centers. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2022; 3:e12782. [PMID: 35859855 PMCID: PMC9288236 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Objective Sepsis is a major public health problem. Understanding the epidemiology of sepsis subtypes is important to quantify the magnitude of the problem and identify targets for system wide treatment strategies. We sought to describe the current national epidemiology of community‐acquired (CAS), hospital‐acquired (HAS) and healthcare‐associated sepsis (HCAS) hospitalizations among academic medical centers in the United States using current discharge diagnosis taxonomies. Methods Retrospective analysis of patient discharge data from the Vizient Clinical Data Base/Resource Manager. We identified sepsis hospitalizations using four ICD‐10 coding strategies: (1) “Martin” sepsis codes (21 ICD‐10 codes), (2) “Angus” sepsis codes (ICD‐10 infection + ICD‐10 organ dysfunction), (3) Medicare “SEP‐1” codes (28 ICD‐10 codes), and (4) “explicit sepsis” codes (ICD‐10 R65.20 and R65.21). Using present‐on‐admission flags for each diagnosis, we also distinguished: (1) community‐acquired sepsis (CAS), (2) hospital‐acquired sepsis (HAS), and (3) healthcare associated sepsis (HCAS). Results Among 22,655,240 hospitalizations, the number and incidence of sepsis hospitalizations were: (1) Martin (n = 1,718,257, 75.8 per 1000 hospitalizations), (2) Angus (n = 2,749,163, 121.3 per 1000), (3) SEP‐1 (n = 1,624,909, 71.7 per 1000), and (4) explicit sepsis (n = 655,853, 28.9 per 1000). CAS was the most common sepsis subtype. HAS exhibited higher adjusted mortality than CAS. ICU admission was highest for HAS (Martin, 1.5%; Angus, 1.5%; SEP‐1, 1.6%; Explicit, 1.9%). Conclusions These results illustrate the prevalence of sepsis at US academic medical centers using the most current sepsis classification taxonomies and discharge diagnosis codes. These results highlight important considerations when using hospital discharge data to characterize the epidemiology of sepsis.
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- Hei Kit Chan
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Biostatistics The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Texas USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Texas USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Texas USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Biostatistics The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Texas USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Texas USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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van den Berg M, van Beuningen FE, Ter Maaten JC, Bouma HR. Hospital-related costs of sepsis around the world: A systematic review exploring the economic burden of sepsis. J Crit Care 2022; 71:154096. [PMID: 35839604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to examine the quality of manuscripts reporting sepsis health care costs and to provide an overview of hospital-related expenditures for sepsis in adult patients around the world. METHODS We systematically searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane and Google Scholar to identify relevant studies between January 2010 and January 2022. We selected articles that provided costs and cost-effectiveness analyses, defined sepsis and described their cost calculation method. All costs were adjusted to 2020 US dollars. Medians and interquartile ranges (IQRs) for various costs of sepsis were calculated. The quality of economic studies was assessed using the Drummond 10-item checklist. RESULTS Overall, 26 studies met our eligibility criteria. The mean total hospital costs per patient varied largely, between €1101 and €91,951. The median (IQR) of the total sepsis costs per country were €36,191 (€17,158 - €53,349), which equals €50 (€34 - €84) per capita annually. The relative amount of healthcare budget spent on sepsis was 2.65%, which equals 0.33% of the gross national product (GNP). CONCLUSION While general sepsis costs are high, there is considerable variability between countries regarding the costs of sepsis. Further studies examining the impact on sepsis costs, especially on the general ward, can help justify, design and monitor initiatives on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this time-critical and potentially preventable disease.
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- M van den Berg
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Okazaki T, Kawakami D, Fujitani S, Shinohara N, Kawakita K, Kuroda Y. Potential Interaction Between Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Effect on the 6-Month Clinical Outcomes: A Preliminary Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Observational Study. J Intensive Care Med 2022; 38:60-69. [PMID: 35712975 DOI: 10.1177/08850666221107559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the effect of the potential interaction between sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) on the 6-month clinical outcomes. METHODS This secondary analysis of a prospective multicenter observational study included patients who were expected to receive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 h. Patients were stratified based on the incidence of sepsis and further subdivided according to the presence of ARDS. The primary endpoints for patients whose follow-up information was available included mortality (n = 162) and the occurrence of PICS (n = 96) at six months. The diagnosis of PICS was based on any of the following criteria: (1) decrease ≥ 10 points in the physical component score of the 36-item Short Form (SF36) questionnaire; (2) decrease ≥ 10 points in the mental component score of the SF-36; or (3) decline in the Short Memory Questionnaire (SMQ) score and SMQ score < 40 at six months after ICU admission. We conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses to assess the effect of the potential interaction between ARDS and sepsis on the 6-month clinical outcomes. RESULTS The mortality in the ARDS sub-group was higher than that in the non-ARDS subgroup [47% (7/15) versus 21% (18/85)] in the non-sepsis group. However, the mortality in the ARDS and non-ARDS subgroups was similar in the sepsis group. Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that ARDS was significantly associated with mortality in the non-sepsis group (adjusted OR: 5.25; 95% CI: 1.45-19.09; p = .012), but not in the sepsis group (P for interaction = .087). Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed ARDS was not associated with PICS occurrence in the non-sepsis and sepsis groups (P-value for the interaction = .039). CONCLUSIONS This hypothesis-generating study suggested that the effect of ARDS on the 6-month outcomes depended on the presence or absence of sepsis. TRIAL REGISTRATION Not applicable.
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- Tomoya Okazaki
- Emergency Medical Center, 469524Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, 26330Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe-City, Japan.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, 13750Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Emergency Medical Center, 469524Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Kagawa, Japan
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- Emergency Medical Center, 469524Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Kagawa, Japan
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- Emergency Medical Center, 469524Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Kagawa, Japan
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Hospital-onset sepsis and community-onset sepsis in critical care units in Japan: a retrospective cohort study based on a Japanese administrative claims database. Crit Care 2022; 26:136. [PMID: 35562773 PMCID: PMC9107171 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04013-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Hospital- and community-onset sepsis are significant sepsis subgroups. Japanese data comparing these subgroups are limited. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of hospital- and community-onset sepsis in critical care units in Japan. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Japanese Diagnosis and Procedure Combination database. Adult patients admitted to critical care units with sepsis from April 2010 to March 2020 were included. Sepsis cases were identified based on ICD-10 codes for infectious diseases, procedure codes for blood culture tests, and medication codes for antimicrobials. Patients’ characteristics, in-hospital mortality, and resource utilization were assessed. The in-hospital mortality between groups was compared using the Poisson regression generalized linear mixed-effect model. Results Of 516,124 patients, 52,183 (10.1%) had hospital-onset sepsis and 463,940 (89.9%) had community-onset sepsis. Hospital-onset sepsis was characterized by younger age, infrequent emergency hospitalization, frequent surgery under general anesthesia, and frequent organ support upon critical care unit admission compared to community-onset sepsis. In-hospital mortality was higher for hospital-onset than for community-onset sepsis (35.5% versus 19.2%; unadjusted mean difference, 16.3% [95% confidence interval (CI) 15.9–16.7]; adjusted mean difference, 15.6% [95% CI 14.9–16.2]). Mean hospital length of stay was longer for hospital-onset than for community-onset sepsis (47 days versus 30 days; unadjusted mean difference, 17 days [95% CI 16–17]; adjusted mean difference, 13 days [95% CI 12–14]). Conclusion Patients with hospital-onset sepsis admitted to critical care units in Japan had a poorer prognosis and more resource utilization including organ support rate, number of days with critical care unit surcharge codes, and hospital length of stay than those with community-onset sepsis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-022-04013-0.
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Bohnet-Joschko S, Valk-Draad MP, Schulte T, Groene O. Nursing home-sensitive conditions: analysis of routine health insurance data and modified Delphi analysis of potentially avoidable hospitalizations. F1000Res 2022; 10:1223. [PMID: 35464174 PMCID: PMC9021670 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.73875.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background: Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are associated with various health risks. Previous research indicates that, to some extent, hospitalizations of this vulnerable population may be inappropriate and even avoidable. This study aimed to develop a consensus list of hospital discharge diagnoses considered to be nursing home-sensitive, i.e., avoidable. Methods: The study combined analyses of routine data from six statutory health insurance companies in Germany and a two-stage Delphi panel, enhanced by expert workshop discussions, to identify and corroborate relevant diagnoses. Experts from four different disciplines estimated the proportion of hospitalizations that could potentially have been prevented under optimal conditions. Results: We analyzed frequencies and costs of data for hospital admissions from 242,236 nursing home residents provided by statutory health insurance companies. We identified 117 hospital discharge diagnoses, which had a frequency of at least 0.1%. We recruited experts (primary care physicians, hospital specialists, nursing home professionals and researchers) to estimate the proportion of potentially avoidable hospitalizations for the 117 diagnoses deemed avoidable in two Delphi rounds (n=107 in Delphi Round 1 and n=96 in Delphi Round 2, effective response rate=91%). A total of 35 diagnoses with high and consistent estimates of the proportion of potentially avoidable hospitalizations were identified as nursing home-sensitive. In an expert workshop (n=16), a further 25 diagnoses were discussed that had not reached the criteria, of which another 23 were consented to be nursing home-sensitive conditions. Extrapolating the frequency and mean costs of these 58 diagnoses to the national German context yielded total potentially avoidable care costs of €768,304,547, associated with 219,955 nursing home-sensitive hospital admissions. Conclusion: A total of 58 nursing home-relevant diagnoses (ICD-10-GM three-digit level) were classified as nursing home-sensitive using an adapted Delphi procedure. Interventions should be developed to avoid hospital admission from nursing homes for these diagnoses.
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- Sabine Bohnet-Joschko
- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
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- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
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- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
- OptiMedis AG, Hamburg, 20095, Germany
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Cost of postoperative sepsis in Vietnam. Sci Rep 2022; 12:4876. [PMID: 35319021 PMCID: PMC8941147 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08881-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Despite improvements in medical care, the burden of sepsis remains high. In this study, we evaluated the incremental cost associated with postoperative sepsis and the impact of postoperative sepsis on clinical outcomes among surgical patients in Vietnam. We used the national database that contained 1,241,893 surgical patients undergoing seven types of surgery. We controlled the balance between the groups of patients using propensity score matching method. Generalized gamma regression and logistic regression were utilized to estimate incremental cost, readmission, and reexamination associated with postoperative sepsis. The average incremental cost associated with postoperative sepsis was 724.1 USD (95% CI 553.7-891.7) for the 30 days after surgery, which is equivalent to 28.2% of the per capita GDP in Vietnam in 2018. The highest incremental cost was found in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, at 2,897 USD (95% CI 530.7-5263.2). Postoperative sepsis increased patient odds of readmission (OR = 6.40; 95% CI 6.06-6.76), reexamination (OR = 1.67; 95% CI 1.58-1.76), and also associated with 4.9 days longer of hospital length of stay among surgical patients. Creating appropriate prevention strategies for postoperative sepsis is extremely important, not only to improve the quality of health care but also to save health financial resources each year.
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Rhee C, Klompas M. Should hospital-onset Adult Sepsis Event surveillance be routine… or even mandatory? ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP & HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY : ASHE 2022; 2:e32. [PMID: 36310798 PMCID: PMC9614833 DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hospital-onset sepsis accounts for 10%-15% of all sepsis cases and is associated with very high mortality rates, yet to date most hospitals have paid little attention to tracking its incidence and outcomes. This contrasts sharply with the substantial effort that hospitals and regulatory agencies spend tracking and reporting a limited subset of healthcare-associated infections. The recent development of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's hospital-onset Adult Sepsis Event (ASE) definition, however, provides a validated and standardized mechanism for facilities to identify patients with nosocomial sepsis using routinely available electronic health record data. Recent data have demonstrated that hospital-onset ASE surveillance identifies many infections that are largely missed by current reportable healthcare-associated infections and that are associated with much higher mortality rates. Expanding the breadth of surveillance to include these highly consequential infections could help identify new targets for prevention and quality improvement and ultimately catalyze better outcomes for hospitalized patients. More work is needed, however, to characterize the preventability of hospital-onset ASE, develop and validate robust case-mix adjustment tools, and facilitate widespread uptake in hospitals with limited resources.
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- Chanu Rhee
- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bohnet-Joschko S, Valk-Draad MP, Schulte T, Groene O. Nursing home-sensitive conditions: analysis of routine health insurance data and modified Delphi analysis of potentially avoidable hospitalizations. F1000Res 2021; 10:1223. [PMID: 35464174 PMCID: PMC9021670 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.73875.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Background: Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are associated with various health risks. Previous research indicates that, to some extent, hospitalizations of this vulnerable population may be inappropriate and even avoidable. This study aimed to develop a consensus list of hospital discharge diagnoses considered to be nursing home-sensitive, i.e., avoidable. Methods: The study combined analyses of routine data from six statutory health insurance companies in Germany and a two-stage Delphi panel, enhanced by expert workshop discussions, to identify and corroborate relevant diagnoses. Experts from four different disciplines estimated the proportion of hospitalizations that could potentially have been prevented under optimal conditions. Results: We analyzed frequencies and costs of data for hospital admissions from 242,236 nursing home residents provided by statutory health insurance companies. We identified 117 hospital discharge diagnoses, which had a frequency of at least 0.1%. We recruited experts (primary care physicians, hospital specialists, nursing home professionals and researchers) to estimate the proportion of potentially avoidable hospitalizations for the 117 diagnoses deemed avoidable in two Delphi rounds (n=107 in Delphi Round 1 and n=96 in Delphi Round 2, effective response rate=91%). A total of 35 diagnoses with high and consistent estimates of the proportion of potentially avoidable hospitalizations were identified as nursing home-sensitive. In an expert workshop (n=16), a further 25 diagnoses were discussed that had not reached the criteria, of which another 23 were consented to be nursing home-sensitive conditions. Extrapolating the frequency and mean costs of these 58 diagnoses to the national German context yielded total potentially avoidable care costs of €768,304,547, associated with 219,955 nursing home-sensitive hospital admissions. Conclusion: A total of 58 nursing home-relevant diagnoses (ICD-10-GM three-digit level) were classified as nursing home-sensitive using an adapted Delphi procedure. Interventions should be developed to avoid hospital admission from nursing homes for these diagnoses.
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- Sabine Bohnet-Joschko
- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
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- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
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- Chair of Management and Innovation in Health Care, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, 58448, Germany
- OptiMedis AG, Hamburg, 20095, Germany
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Galeb S, Zaki MES, Shrief R, Hassan R, Rizk M. Diagnostic Value of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction in Detection of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Sepsis in Pediatrics. Recent Pat Biotechnol 2021; 15:195-203. [PMID: 34825643 DOI: 10.2174/1872208315666210719104623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proper identification of the causative organism in pediatric sepsis is crucial for early diagnosis and prevention of septic shock and organ failure. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate the multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from positive blood cultures for these pathogens isolated from children with hospital- acquired sepsis compared to the conventional biochemical reactions for identification of these organisms. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study performed on 100 isolates from pediatric blood cultures, including Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The study also included 100 isolates of Escherichia coli as a negative control. All isolates were identified by API 20NE and the multiplex PCR with primers specific to the 3 tested bacteria. RESULTS Multiplex PCR was positive in 96% of isolates and 4 isolates had negative results. Falsepositive results were reported with three E. coli strains. Multiplex PCR identified all the isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, 29 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 27 isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The diagnostic value of the multiplex PCR compared to the biochemical identification revealed sensitivity 96.04%, specificity 96.9%, positive predictive value 97.00%, negative predictive value 96.00% and accuracy 96.50%. CONCLUSION The present study highlights the diagnostic value of multiplex PCR to identify Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from positive blood cultures. Multiplex PCR was sensitive, specific and accurate. The accuracy differs according to the organisms with 100% accuracy for Acinetobacter baumannii.
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- Sara Galeb
- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Race and sex based disparities in sepsis. Heart Lung 2021; 52:37-41. [PMID: 34837726 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies of sepsis evaluating sex- and race-related disparities in treatment and outcome have been limited by using administrative databases, which may not adequately capture sepsis diagnosis, used limited number and types of races, or not included both sex and race in the analyses. OBJECTIVE To determine if patients of different races and sexes with sepsis have different mortality, receipt of mechanical ventilation or renal replacement therapy, or time to antibiotics? METHODS We retrospectively analyzed clinical data from 34,999 patients with sepsis, defined by Sepsis-3 criteria, using logistic regression and linear regression. RESULTS After adjustments for confounders, Asian females had the lowest adjusted 90-day mortality (OR=0.656, 95% CI=0.385-1.118, p<0.001 compared to White males). Similarly, compared to White males, African-American males had a lower adjusted mortality (OR=0.790, 95% CI=0.648-0.963, p = 0.019), while Asian males (OR=1.185, 95% CI=0. 828-1.696, p = 0.354) and both African-American (OR=0.972, 95% CI=0.800-1.182, p = 0.779) and Caucasian (OR=1.054, 95% CI=0.960-1.158, p = 0.270) females had similar mortality. Both male and female patients with Other/unknown race had higher mortality (OR=1.776, 95% CI=1.395-2.261, p<0.001 and OR=1.658, 95% CI=1.359-2.021, p<0.001), respectively. In the secondary analyses for new-onset mechanical ventilation and new-onset renal replacement therapy post-sepsis, we found no association between any of the race-sex groups and receipt of these therapies. CONCLUSION We found that Asian females had the lowest adjusted 90-day mortality for patients with sepsis. Understanding the reasons for disparities in outcome after sepsis may improve care and outcomes in diverse populations.
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Wakabayashi T, Iwata H. Outcome, diagnosis, and microbiological profile comparison of community- and hospital-acquired bacteremia: A retrospective cohort study. J Gen Fam Med 2021; 22:327-333. [PMID: 34754710 PMCID: PMC8561096 DOI: 10.1002/jgf2.453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although bacteremia is one of the most pressing situation in the field of hospital medicine, little is known about the differences between community- and hospital-acquired bacteremia (CAB and HAB, respectively). METHODS Objective is to know the epidemiologic characteristics of CAB and HAB. Study design is a single-center retrospective cohort study. Participants were all patients over the age of 16 years who were blood cultures positive at single acute care hospital from April 2013 to March 2018. HAB was defined as positive culture acquired at least 48 h after admission or blood culture-positive patients transferred from other hospital. The primary outcome was 30 day mortality, and the secondary outcome was 1 year mortality. We compared the primary and secondary outcomes between HAB and CAB using logistic regression analyses. RESULTS There were 325 participants in this study. The number of patients with CAB was 189 (58.1%). HAB was associated with a higher 30 day mortality rate than CAB (n = 31, 22.8% vs. n = 9, 4.8%, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.60; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-6.53, p < 0.05). In the secondary outcome, HAB was also associated with a higher 1 year mortality rate (n = 61/110, 55.5% vs. n = 32/143, 22.4%, AOR 2.27; 95% CI: 1.12-4.58). CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that HAB was associated with higher mortality than CAB in 30 day mortality and in 1 yr mortality. Thus, we confirmed that HAB is distinct from CAB concerning the differences of outcomes.
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- Takao Wakabayashi
- Department of General and Emergency MedicineJapan Community Health‐care Organization Sapporo Hokushin HospitalSapporoJapan
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- Department of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsUniversity of the RyukyusOkinawaJapan
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Choi S, Son J, Oh DK, Huh JW, Lim CM, Hong SB. Rapid Response System Improves Sepsis Bundle Compliances and Survival in Hospital Wards for 10 Years. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10184244. [PMID: 34575357 PMCID: PMC8466148 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10184244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hospitalized patients can develop septic shock at any time. Therefore, it is important to identify septic patients in hospital wards and rapidly perform the optimal treatment. Although the sepsis bundle has already been reported to improve survival rates, the controversy over evidence of the effect of in-hospital sepsis continues to exist. We aimed to estimate the outcomes and bundle compliance of patients with septic shock in hospital wards managed through the rapid response system (RRS). METHODS A retrospective cohort study of 976 patients with septic shock managed through the RRS at an academic, tertiary care hospital in Korea from 2008 to 2017. RESULTS Of the 976 enrolled patients, the compliance of each sepsis bundle was high (80.8-100.0%), but the overall success rate of the bundle was low (58.3%). The compliance rate for achieving the overall sepsis bundle increased from 26.5% to 70.0%, and the 28-day mortality continuously decreased from 50% to 32.1% over 10 years. We analyzed the two groups according to whether they completed the overall sepsis bundle or not. Of the 976 enrolled patients, 569 (58.3%) sepsis bundles were completed, whereas 407 (41.7%) were incomplete. The complete bundle group showed lower 28-day mortality than the incomplete bundle group (37.1% vs. 53.6%, p < 0.001). In the multivariate multiple logistic regression model, the 28-day mortality was significantly associated with the complete bundle (adjusted odds ratio (OR), 0.61; 95% confidence intervals (CI), 0.40-0.91; p = 0.017). The obtaining of blood cultures (adjusted OR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.33-0.63; p < 0.001) and lactate re-measurement (adjusted OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.50-0.95; p = 0.024) in each component of the sepsis bundle were associated with the 28-day mortality. CONCLUSIONS The rapid response system provides improving sepsis bundle compliances and survival in patients with septic shock in hospital wards.
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- Sunhui Choi
- Medical Emergency Team, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea; (S.C.); (J.S.)
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- Medical Emergency Team, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea; (S.C.); (J.S.)
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- Asan Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea; (D.K.O.); (J.W.H.); (C.-M.L.)
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- Asan Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea; (D.K.O.); (J.W.H.); (C.-M.L.)
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- Asan Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea; (D.K.O.); (J.W.H.); (C.-M.L.)
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- Asan Medical Center, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea; (D.K.O.); (J.W.H.); (C.-M.L.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-2-20454039
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Hausfater P, Robert Boter N, Morales Indiano C, Cancella de Abreu M, Marin AM, Pernet J, Quesada D, Castro I, Careaga D, Arock M, Tejidor L, Velly L. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) performance as an early sepsis indicator in the emergency department: comparison with CRP and procalcitonin in a multicenter international European prospective study. Crit Care 2021; 25:227. [PMID: 34193208 PMCID: PMC8247285 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03622-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Early sepsis diagnosis has emerged as one of the main challenges in the emergency room. Measurement of sepsis biomarkers is largely used in current practice to improve the diagnosis accuracy. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) is a recent new sepsis biomarker, available as part of the complete blood count with differential. The objective was to evaluate the performance of MDW for the detection of sepsis in the emergency department (ED) and to compare to procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP). METHODS Subjects whose initial evaluation included a complete blood count were enrolled consecutively in 2 EDs in France and Spain and categorized per Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 criteria. The performance of MDW for sepsis detection was compared to that of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP). RESULTS A total of 1,517 patients were analyzed: 837 men and 680 women, mean age 61 ± 19 years, 260 (17.1%) categorized as Sepsis-2 and 144 patients (9.5%) as Sepsis-3. The AUCs [95% confidence interval] for the diagnosis of Sepsis-2 were 0.81 [0.78-0.84] and 0.86 [0.84-0.88] for MDW and MDW combined with WBC, respectively. For Sepsis-3, MDW performance was 0.82 [0.79-0.85]. The performance of MDW combined with WBC for Sepsis-2 in a subgroup of patients with low sepsis pretest probability was 0.90 [0.84-0.95]. The AUC for sepsis detection using MDW combined with WBC was similar to CRP alone (0.85 [0.83-0.87]) and exceeded that of PCT. Combining the biomarkers did not improve the AUC. Compared to normal MDW, abnormal MDW increased the odds of Sepsis-2 by factor of 5.5 [4.2-7.1, 95% CI] and Sepsis-3 by 7.6 [5.1-11.3, 95% CI]. CONCLUSIONS MDW in combination with WBC has the diagnostic accuracy to detect sepsis, particularly when assessed in patients with lower pretest sepsis probability. We suggest the use of MDW as a systematic screening test, used together with qSOFA score to improve the accuracy of sepsis diagnosis in the emergency department. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03588325).
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- Pierre Hausfater
- Emergency Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP-Sorbonne Université, 83 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.
- Sorbonne Université, GRC-14 BIOSFAST, Paris, France.
- UMR INSERM 1166, IHU ICAN, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
- Laboratory Medicine Department, Laboratori Clinic Metropolitana Nord, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP-Sorbonne Université, 83 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Sorbonne Université, GRC-14 BIOSFAST, Paris, France
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- Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Emergency Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP-Sorbonne Université, 83 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
- Microbiology Department, Laboratori Clinic Metropolitana Nord, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Biochemisty and Emergency Biology Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP-Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Emergency Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP-Sorbonne Université, 83 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France
- Sorbonne Université, GRC-14 BIOSFAST, Paris, France
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Assessment of a Cellular Host Response Test as a Sepsis Diagnostic for Those With Suspected Infection in the Emergency Department. Crit Care Explor 2021; 3:e0460. [PMID: 34151282 PMCID: PMC8208428 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: Sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. A reliable, rapid, and early indicator can help improve efficiency of care and outcomes. To assess the IntelliSep test, a novel in vitro diagnostic that quantifies the state of immune activation by measuring the biophysical properties of leukocytes, as a rapid diagnostic for sepsis and a measure of severity of illness, as defined by Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-II scores and the need for hospitalization. Design, Setting, SUBJECTS: Adult patients presenting to two emergency departments in Baton Rouge, LA, with signs of infection (two of four systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria, with at least one being aberration of temperature or WBC count) or suspicion of infection (a clinician order for culture of a body fluid), were prospectively enrolled. Sepsis status, per Sepsis-3 criteria, was determined through a 3-tiered retrospective and blinded adjudication process consisting of objective review, site-level clinician review, and final determination by independent physician adjudicators. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of 266 patients in the final analysis, those with sepsis had higher IntelliSep Index (median = 6.9; interquartile range, 6.1–7.6) than those adjudicated as not septic (median = 4.7; interquartile range, 3.7–5.9; p < 0.001), with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.89 and 0.83 when compared with unanimous and forced adjudication standards, respectively. Patients with higher IntelliSep Index had higher Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (3 [interquartile range, 1–5] vs 1 [interquartile range, 0–2]; p < 0.001) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-II (7 [interquartile range, 3.5–11.5] vs 5 [interquartile range, 2–9]; p < 0.05) and were more likely to be admitted to the hospital (83.6% vs 48.3%; p < 0.001) compared with those with lower IntelliSep Index. CONCLUSIONS: In patients presenting to the emergency department with signs or suspicion of infection, the IntelliSep Index is a promising tool for the rapid diagnosis and risk stratification for sepsis.
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Gulliford MC, Charlton J, Boiko O, Winter JR, Rezel-Potts E, Sun X, Burgess C, McDermott L, Bunce C, Shearer J, Curcin V, Fox R, Hay AD, Little P, Moore MV, Ashworth M. Safety of reducing antibiotic prescribing in primary care: a mixed-methods study. HEALTH SERVICES AND DELIVERY RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.3310/hsdr09090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background
The threat of antimicrobial resistance has led to intensified efforts to reduce antibiotic utilisation, but serious bacterial infections are increasing in frequency.
Objectives
To estimate the risks of serious bacterial infections in association with lower antibiotic prescribing and understand stakeholder views with respect to safe antibiotic reduction.
Design
Mixed-methods research was undertaken, including a qualitative interview study of patient and prescriber views that informed a cohort study and a decision-analytic model, using primary care electronic health records. These three work packages were used to design an application (app) for primary care prescribers.
Data sources
The Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
Setting
This took place in UK general practices.
Participants
A total of 706 general practices with 66.2 million person-years of follow-up from 2002 to 2017 and antibiotic utilisation evaluated for 671,830 registered patients. The qualitative study included 31 patients and 30 health-care professionals from primary care.
Main outcome measures
Sepsis and localised bacterial infections.
Results
Patients were concerned about antimicrobial resistance and the side effects, as well as the benefits, of antibiotic treatment. Prescribers viewed the onset of sepsis as the most concerning potential outcome of reduced antibiotic prescribing. More than 40% of antibiotic prescriptions in primary care had no coded indication recorded across both Vision® and EMIS® practice systems. Antibiotic prescribing rates varied widely between general practices, but there was no evidence that serious bacterial infections were less frequent at higher prescribing practices (adjusted rate ratio for 20% increase in prescribing 1.03, 95% confidence interval 1.00 to 1.06; p = 0.074). The probability of sepsis was lower if an antibiotic was prescribed at an infection consultation, and the number of antibiotic prescriptions required to prevent one episode of sepsis (i.e. the number needed to treat) decreased with age. For those aged 0–4 years, the number needed to treat was 29,773 (95% uncertainty interval 18,458 to 71,091) in boys and 27,014 (95% uncertainty interval 16,739 to 65,709) in girls. For those aged > 85 years, the number needed to treat was 262 (95% uncertainty interval 236 to 293) in men and 385 (95% uncertainty interval 352 to 421) in women. Frailty was associated with a greater risk of sepsis and a smaller number needed to treat. For severely frail patients aged 55–64 years, the number needed to treat was 247 (95% uncertainty interval 156 to 459) for men and 343 (95% uncertainty interval 234 to 556) for women. At all ages, the probability of sepsis was greatest for urinary tract infection, followed by skin infection and respiratory tract infection. The numbers needed to treat were generally smaller for the period 2014–17, when sepsis was diagnosed more frequently. The results are available using an app that we developed to provide primary care prescribers with stratified risk estimates during infection consultations.
Limitations
Analyses were based on non-randomised comparisons. Infection episodes and antibiotic prescribing are poorly documented in primary care.
Conclusions
Antibiotic treatment is generally associated with lower risks, but the most serious bacterial infections remain infrequent even without antibiotic treatment. This research identifies risk strata in which antibiotic prescribing can be more safely reduced.
Future work
The software developed from this research may be further developed and investigated for antimicrobial stewardship effect.
Funding
This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research programme and will be published in full in Health Services and Delivery Research; Vol. 9, No. 9. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Martin C Gulliford
- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Bicester Health Centre, Bicester, UK
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- Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Primary Care Research Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Primary Care Research Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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Moragues-Solanas L, Scotti R, O'Grady J. Rapid metagenomics for diagnosis of bloodstream and respiratory tract nosocomial infections: current status and future prospects. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2021; 21:371-380. [PMID: 33740391 DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2021.1906652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Introduction: Nosocomial infections represent a major problem for the health-care systems worldwide. Currently, diagnosis relies on microbiological culture, which is slow and has poor sensitivity. While waiting for a diagnosis, patients are treated with empiric broad spectrum antimicrobials, which are often inappropriate for the infecting pathogen. This results in poor patient outcomes, poor antimicrobial stewardship and increased costs for health-care systems.Areas covered: Clinical metagenomics (CMg), the application of metagenomic sequencing for the diagnosis of infection, has the potential to become a viable alternative to culture that can offer rapid results with high accuracy. In this article, we review current CMg methods for the diagnosis of nosocomial bloodstream (BSI) and lower respiratory-tract infections (LRTI).Expert opinion: CMg approaches are more accurate in LRTI compared to BSI. This is because BSIs are caused by low pathogen numbers in a high background of human cells. To overcome this, most approaches focus on cell-free DNA, but, to date, these tests are not accurate enough yet to replace blood culture. The higher pathogen numbers in LRTI samples make this a more suitable for CMg and accurate approaches have been developed, which are likely to be implemented in hospitals within the next 2-5 years.
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- Quadram Institute of Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- Quadram Institute of Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Can artificial intelligence and machine learning help us treat sepsis? Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2021; 65:103043. [PMID: 33863610 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Page B, Klompas M, Chan C, Filbin MR, Dutta S, McEvoy D, Clark R, Leibowitz M, Rhee C. Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infections: Hospital-Onset Adult Sepsis Events versus Current Reportable Conditions. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 73:1013-1019. [PMID: 33780544 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND U.S. hospitals are required by CMS to publicly report CLABSI, CAUTI, C.diffficile, MRSA bacteremia, and selected SSIs for benchmarking and pay-for-performance programs. It is unclear, however, to what extent these conditions capture the full breadth of serious healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). CDC's hospital-onset Adult Sepsis Event (HO-ASE) definition could facilitate more comprehensive and efficient surveillance for serious HAIs, but the overlap between HO-ASE and currently reportable HAIs is unknown. METHODS We retrospectively assessed the overlap between HO-ASEs and reportable HAIs among adults hospitalized between June 2015-June 2018 in 3 hospitals. Medical record reviews were conducted for 110 randomly selected HO-ASE cases to determine clinical correlates. RESULTS Amongst 282,441 hospitalized patients, 2,301 (0.8%) met HO-ASE criteria and 1,260 (0.4%) had reportable HAIs. In-hospital mortality rates were higher with HO-ASEs than reportable HAIs (28.6% vs 12.9%). Mortality rates for HO-ASE missed by reportable HAIs were substantially higher than mortality rates for reportable HAIs missed by HO-ASE (28.1% vs 6.3%). Reportable HAIs were only present in 334/2,301 (14.5%) HO-ASEs, most commonly CLABSIs (6.0% of HO-ASEs), C.difficile (5.0%), and CAUTI (3.0%). On medical record review, most HO-ASEs were caused by pneumonia (39.1%, of which only 34.9% were ventilator-associated), bloodstream infections (17.4%, of which only 10.5% were central line-associated), non-C.difficile intra-abdominal infections (14.5%), urinary infections (7.3%, of which 87.5% were catheter-associated), and skin/soft tissue infections (6.4%). CONCLUSIONS CDC's HO-ASE definition detects many serious nosocomial infections missed by currently reportable HAIs. HO-ASE surveillance could increase the efficiency and clinical significance of surveillance while identifying new targets for prevention.
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- Brady Page
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Digital Health eCare, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA
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- Digital Health eCare, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Sepsis Discharge Diagnosis Codes and Short Lengths of Stay in U.S. Hospitals. Crit Care Explor 2021; 3:e0373. [PMID: 33786449 PMCID: PMC7994044 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Objectives: Some patients diagnosed with sepsis have very brief hospitalizations. Understanding the prevalence and clinical characteristics of these patients may provide insight into how sepsis diagnoses are being applied as well as the breadth of illnesses encompassed by current sepsis definitions. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: One-hundred ten U.S. hospitals in the Cerner HealthFacts dataset (primary cohort) and four hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts (secondary cohort used for detailed medical record reviews). Patients: Adults hospitalized from April 2016 to December 2017. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: We identified hospitalizations with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition codes for sepsis (including sepsis, septicemia, severe sepsis, and septic shock) and compared “short stay sepsis” patients (defined as discharge alive within 3 d) versus nonshort stay sepsis patients using detailed electronic health record data. In the Cerner cohort, 67,733 patients had sepsis discharge diagnosis codes, including 6,918 (10.2%) with short stays. Compared with nonshort stay sepsis patients, short stay patients were younger (median age 60 vs 67 yr) and had fewer comorbidities (median Elixhauser score 5 vs 13), lower rates of positive blood cultures (8.2% vs 24.1%), lower rates of ICU admission (6.2% vs 31.6%), and less frequently had severe sepsis/septic shock codes (13.5% vs 36.6%). Almost all short stay and nonshort stay sepsis patients met systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria at admission (84.5% and 87.5%, respectively); 47.2% of those with short stays had Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores of 2 or greater at admission versus 73.2% of those with longer stays. Findings were similar in the secondary four-hospital cohort. Medical record reviews demonstrated that physicians commonly diagnosed sepsis based on the presence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria, elevated lactates, or positive blood cultures without concurrent organ dysfunction. Conclusions: In this large U.S. cohort, one in 10 patients coded for sepsis were discharged alive within 3 days. Although most short stay patients met systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria, they met Sepsis-3 criteria less than half the time. Our findings underscore the incomplete uptake of Sepsis-3 definitions, the breadth of illness severities encompassed by both traditional and new sepsis definitions, and the possibility that some patients with sepsis recover very rapidly.
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Lizza BD, Betthauser KD, Juang PH, Hampton NB, Lyons PG, Kollef MH, Micek ST. Racial Disparities in Readmissions Following Initial Hospitalization for Sepsis. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:e258-e268. [PMID: 33566463 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess whether Black race is associated with a higher rate of all-cause readmission compared with White race following community-onset sepsis. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING One-thousand three-hundred bed urban academic medical centers. PATIENTS Three-thousand three-hundred ninety patients hospitalized with community-onset sepsis between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2017. INTERVENTIONS Community-onset sepsis was defined as patients admitted through the emergency department with an International Classification of Disease, ninth revision, Clinical Modification code for either severe sepsis (995.92) or septic shock (785.52). Beginning in 2015, we used International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes R65.20 (severe sepsis) and R65.21 (septic shock). We excluded those individuals hospitalized at another acute care facility that were transferred to our facility. Race was abstracted electronically, and patients who expired or self-identified as a race other than Black or White race were excluded. Patients who experienced a subsequent hospitalization at our facility were considered to be readmitted. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Compared with White race, Black race demonstrated a significantly higher rate of all-cause readmission (60.8% vs 71.1%; p < 0.001), including a higher rate of readmission for sepsis (14.0% vs 19.8%; p < 0.001). Black patients also resided in zip codes with a lower median household income and were more likely to use public insurance compared with White race. Similar rates of comorbid diseases and disease burden were observed between the two groups, but vasopressors were less likely to be administered to Black patients. Multivariable analysis showed that Black race was associated with a 50% increased odds (odds ratio, 1.52, 99% CI, 1.25-1.84) in all-cause readmission risk compared with White race. CONCLUSIONS Black race was associated with a higher rate of all-cause and sepsis readmission, possibly as a result of unaddressed health disparities, compared with White race. Programs addressing healthcare disparities should use readmission as another marker of equity.
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- Bryan D Lizza
- Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
- Division of Specialty Care Pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
- Division of Specialty Care Pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
- Center for Health Outcomes and Education, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
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OBJECTIVES Cognitive impairment is an important consequence of sepsis. We sought to determine long-term trajectories of cognitive function after sepsis. DESIGN Prospective study of the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort. SETTING United States. PATIENTS Twenty-one thousand eight-hundred twenty-three participants greater than or equal to 45 years, mean (sd) age 64.3 (9.2) years at first cognitive assessment, 30.9% men, and 27.1% Black. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The main exposure was time-dependent sepsis hospitalization. The primary outcome was global cognitive function (Six-Item Screener range, 0-6). Secondary outcomes were incident cognitive impairment (Six-Item Screener score ≤ 4 [impaired] vs ≥5 [unimpaired]), new learning (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer Disease Word List Learning range, 0-30), verbal memory (word list delayed recall range, 0-10), and executive function/semantic fluency (animal fluency test range, ≥ 30). Over a median follow-up of 10 years (interquartile range, 6-12 yr), 840 (3.8%) experienced sepsis (incidence 282 per 1,000 person-years). Sepsis was associated with faster long-term declines in Six-Item Screener (-0.02 points per year faster [95% CI, -0.01 to -0.03]; p < 0.001) and faster long-term rates of incident cognitive impairment (odds ratio 1.08 per year [95% CI, 1.02-1.15]; p = 0.008) compared with presepsis slopes. Although cognitive function acutely changed after sepsis (0.05 points [95% CI, 0.01-0.09]; p = 0.01), the odds of acute cognitive impairment (Six-Item Screener ≤ 4) immediately after sepsis was not significant (odds ratio, 0.81 [95% CI, 0.63-1.06]; p = 0.12). Sepsis hospitalization was not associated with acute changes or faster declines in word list learning, word list delayed recall, or animal fluency test. CONCLUSIONS Sepsis is associated with accelerated long-term decline in global cognitive function.
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Mugambe RK, Mselle JS, Ssekamatte T, Ntanda M, Isunju JB, Wafula ST, Kansiime WK, Isubikalu P, Ssemwanga D, Yakubu H, Moe CL. Impact of mhealth messages and environmental cues on hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res 2021; 21:88. [PMID: 33499864 PMCID: PMC7835669 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Hand hygiene (HH) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is critical for infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare facilities (HCFs). Nonetheless, it remains a challenge in HCFs, largely due to lack of high-impact and efficacious interventions. Environmental cues and mobile phone health messaging (mhealth) have the potential to improve HH compliance among HCWs, however, these remain under-studied. Our study will determine the impact of mhealth hygiene messages and environmental cues on HH practice among HCWs in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA). Methods The study is a cluster-randomized trial, which will be guided by the behaviour centred design model and theory for behaviour change. During the formative phase, we shall conduct 30 key informants’ interviews and 30 semi-structured interviews to explore the barriers and facilitators to HCWs’ HH practice. Besides, observations of HH facilities in 100 HCFs will be conducted. Findings from the formative phase will guide the intervention design during a stakeholders’ insight workshop. The intervention will be implemented for a period of 4 months in 30 HCFs, with a sample of 450 HCWs who work in maternity and children’s wards. HCFs in the control arm will receive innovatively designed HH facilities and supplies. HCWs in the intervention arm, in addition to the HH facilities and supplies, will receive environmental cues and mhealth messages. The main outcome will be the proportion of utilized HH opportunities out of the 9000 HH opportunities to be observed. The secondary outcome will be E. coli concentration levels in 100mls of hand rinsates from HCWs, an indicator of recent fecal contamination and HH failure. We shall run multivariable logistic regression under the generalized estimating equations (GEE) framework to account for the dependence of HH on the intervention. Discussion The study will provide critical findings on barriers and facilitators to HH practice among HCWs, and the impact of environmental cues and mhealth messages on HCWs’ HH practice. Trial registration ISRCTN Registry with number ISRCTN98148144. The trial was registered on 23/11/2020. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12913-021-06082-3.
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- Richard K Mugambe
- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
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- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
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- College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Agricultural Extension and Innovations, School of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Environmental Health Department, Ministry of Health, P.O Box 7272, Kampala, Uganda
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- The Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- The Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Rezel-Potts E, Gulliford MC. Sepsis recording in primary care electronic health records, linked hospital episodes and mortality records: Population-based cohort study in England. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0244764. [PMID: 33382845 PMCID: PMC7774940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Sepsis is a growing concern for health systems, but the epidemiology of sepsis is poorly characterised. We evaluated sepsis recording across primary care electronic records, hospital episodes and mortality registrations. Methods and findings Cohort study including 378 general practices in England from Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD database from 2002–2017 with 36,209,676 patient-years of follow-up with linked Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mortality registrations. Incident sepsis episodes were identified for each source. Concurrent records from different sources were identified and age-standardised and age-specific incidence rates compared. Logistic regression analysis evaluated associations of gender, age-group, fifth of deprivation and period of diagnosis with concurrent sepsis recording. There were 20,206 first episodes of sepsis from primary care, 20,278 from HES and 13,972 from ONS. There were 4,117 (20%) first HES sepsis events and 2,438 (17%) mortality records concurrent with incident primary care sepsis records within 30 days. Concurrent HES and primary care records of sepsis within 30 days before or after first diagnosis were higher at younger or older ages and for patients with the most recent period of diagnosis. Those diagnosed during 2007:2011 were less likely to have a concurrent HES record given CPRD compared to those diagnosed during 2012–2017 (odd ratio 0.65, 95% confidence interval 0.60–0.70). At age 85 and older, primary care incidence was 5.22 per 1,000 patient years (95% CI 1.75–11.97) in men and 3.55 (0.87–9.58) in women which increased to 10.09 (4.86–18.51) for men and 7.22 (2.96–14.72) for women after inclusion of all three sources. Conclusion Explicit recording of ‘sepsis’ is inconsistent across healthcare sectors with a high proportion of non-concurrent records. Incidence estimates are higher when linked data are analysed.
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- Emma Rezel-Potts
- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals London, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals London, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Frantz S, Schulte-Hubbert B, Halank M, Koschel D, Kolditz M. Limited prognostic accuracy of the CRB-65 and qSOFA in patients presenting with pneumonia and immunosuppression. Eur J Intern Med 2020; 81:71-77. [PMID: 32778480 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Scores for risk prediction used in immunocompetent patients with sepsis or pneumonia are poorly evaluated in immunocompromised patients. Therefore, we evaluated the prognostic value of the qSOFA- and CRB-65-criteria in immunocompromised patients presenting with pneumonia. METHODS Retrospective cohort study including consecutive patients hospitalized with pneumonia and immunosuppression without treatment restrictions. The qSOFA and CRB-65 criteria were documented in the emergency department. Outcome was defined as need of mechanical ventilation (MV) or vasopressor support (VS) and/or hospital-mortality. RESULTS 41 of 198 (21%) patients reached the outcome and 10% died. Both, the CRB-65 and qSOFA- were independently associated with the outcome (all p<0.01), but age was not predictive. ROC curve analysis showed moderate predictive potential for both scores (CRB-65: AUC 0.63 and qSOFA: 0.69). With scores of 0, the negative predictive values were below 90% (CRB-65: 9/60 and qSOFA: 12/105 missed patients). With scores > 1, the positive predictive values were 36% (CRB-65) and 58% (qSOFA), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Both, the qSOFA and the CRB-65 only showed moderate prognostic value, and negative predictive values were inadequate to exclude organ failure or death in patients with immunosuppression. In this population, age was not a predictive parameter. Patients with > 1 positive vital sign criterion measured by both scores should be assessed for organ failure.
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- Sophie Frantz
- Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig, Centre for Pulmonary Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Coswig, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Kabi A, Mohanty A, Kumar SK, Singh V, Jha MK, Gupta P. Clinical spectrum and risk factors for hospital-acquired septicemia in a tertiary care centre of North-East India. J Family Med Prim Care 2020; 9:3949-3954. [PMID: 33110792 PMCID: PMC7586596 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_469_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Introduction: Although several studies have shown an increasing prevalence of sepsis due to multidrug-resistant organisms, specific data on hospital-acquired septicemia is lacking. Materials and Methods: An observational prospective study was carried out for a duration of 1 year in which patients developing hospital-acquired septicemia were included and their disease spectrum and associated risk factors were analyzed. Results: Among a total of 350 patients, 145 came out to be culture positive. Genitourinary infections were the most common infections encountered in this study, whereas the presence of invasive device came out to be the most prevalent risk factor. Conclusion: Septicemia is still a rising problem; hence, we should manage it carefully. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci can no longer be considered as contaminants and it should be treated as pathogens.
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- Ankita Kabi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
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Epidemiology and burden of sepsis acquired in hospitals and intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med 2020; 46:1536-1551. [PMID: 32591853 PMCID: PMC7381455 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06106-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Sepsis is recognized as a global public health problem, but the proportion due to hospital-acquired infections remains unclear. We aimed to summarize the epidemiological evidence related to the burden of hospital-acquired (HA) and ICU-acquired (ICU-A) sepsis. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, Embase and the Global Index Medicus from 01/2000 to 03/2018. We included studies conducted hospital-wide or in intensive care units (ICUs), including neonatal units (NICUs), with data on the incidence/prevalence of HA and ICU-A sepsis and the proportion of community and hospital/ICU origin. We did random-effects meta-analyses to obtain pooled estimates; inter-study heterogeneity and risk of bias were assessed. RESULTS Of the 13,239 studies identified, 51 met the inclusion criteria; 22 were from low- and middle-income countries. Twenty-eight studies were conducted in ICUs, 13 in NICUs, and ten hospital-wide. The proportion of HA sepsis among all hospital-treated sepsis cases was 23.6% (95% CI 17-31.8%, range 16-36.4%). In the ICU, 24.4% (95% CI 16.7-34.2%, range 10.3-42.5%) of cases of sepsis with organ dysfunction were acquired during ICU stay and 48.7% (95% CI 38.3-59.3%, range 18.7-69.4%) had a hospital origin. The pooled hospital incidence of HA sepsis with organ dysfunction per 1000 patients was 9.3 (95% CI 7.3-11.9, range 2-20.6)). In the ICU, the pooled incidence of HA sepsis with organ dysfunction per 1000 patients was 56.5 (95% CI 35-90.2, range 9.2-254.4) and it was particularly high in NICUs. Mortality of ICU patients with HA sepsis with organ dysfunction was 52.3% (95% CI 43.4-61.1%, range 30.1-64.6%). There was a significant inter-study heterogeneity. Risk of bias was low to moderate in ICU-based studies and moderate to high in hospital-wide and NICU studies. CONCLUSION HA sepsis is of major public health importance, and the burden is particularly high in ICUs. There is an urgent need to improve the implementation of global and local infection prevention and management strategies to reduce its high burden among hospitalized patients.
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The aim of this study is to examine the incidence trend of sepsis over 11 years and compared mortality outcomes among Taiwanese patients with sepsis admitted from emergency department (ED) and non-ED routes. We used a nationwide health insurance database from Taiwan, which comprise of 23 million beneficiaries. Patients with sepsis were identified by ICD-9 CM codes for infection and organ dysfunction from 2001 to 2012. We performed propensity score matching and compared mortality rates between ED-admitted and non ED-admitted patients.During the 11-year study period, we identified 1,256,684 patients with sepsis. 493,397 (29.3%) were admitted through the ED, and 763,287 (70.7%) were admitted directly to the floor. For patients with sepsis, mortality in ED-admitted patients decreased from 27.2% in 2002 to 21.1% in 2012 while that in non-ED admitted patients decreased from 35.3% in 2002 to 30.7% in 2012. Although patients with sepsis admitted through the ED had a higher incidence of organ dysfunction than patients who were directly admitted, they had more favorable outcomes in mortality, length of intensive care unit stay, and hospital stay. After propensity score matching, ED-admitted patients had a 7% lower risk of 90-day mortality (HR, 0.93, 95% CI, 0.89-0.97) compared with directly admitted patients. During the study period, mortality declined faster among ED admitted sepsis patients than directly admitted sepsis patients. Results of this study should be interpreted in light of limitations. Like other administrative database studies, treatment details are not available. Further clinical studies evaluating the treatment and outcome difference between ED and non-ED admitted sepsis patients are warranted.
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Community-Acquired and Healthcare-Associated Sepsis: Characteristics and in-Hospital Mortality in Italy. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9050263. [PMID: 32438547 PMCID: PMC7277799 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9050263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background: The main aim of the study was to analyse characteristics of sepsis according to the setting of occurrence and to identify predictors of sepsis-related in-hospital mortality. Methods: 544 medical records of adult patients with a diagnosis of sepsis were consulted and divided into two groups according to the setting where sepsis originated: community-acquired (CA) and healthcare-associated (HA) sepsis. Results: Overall, 257 (47.2%) patients had HA sepsis and the in-hospital death rate was 33.6%. Results of the multiple logistic regression revealed that patients with HA sepsis were significantly more likely to have been admitted from another hospital or ward, to have a ≥1 Charlson’s index, to be immunesuppressed, and to have undergone a surgical intervention during hospitalization. In-hospital deaths were significantly associated with older age, admission from another hospital or ward, need of haemodialysis and mechanical ventilation (MV), whereas they were less likely in patients with HA sepsis as compared with CA sepsis. Conclusion: Community-acquired and HA sepsis show distinct clinical, prognostic and risk factors profiles, and should be managed according to their differential characteristics.
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Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: A Comparison of Outcomes in Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Using the National Inpatient Sample*. Crit Care Med 2020; 48:783-789. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Biomarkers of inflammation and the etiology of sepsis. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 48:1-14. [PMID: 32049312 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sepsis is characterized as a life-threatening organ dysfunction syndrome that is caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. The main etiological causes of sepsis are bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. Last decades clinical and preclinical research contributed to a better understanding of pathophysiology of sepsis. The dysregulated host response in sepsis is complex, with both pathogen-related factors contributing to disease, as well as immune-cell mediated inflammatory responses that can lead to adverse outcomes in early or advanced stages of disease. Due to its heterogenous nature, clinical diagnosis remains challenging and sepsis-specific treatment options are still lacking. Classification and early identification of patient subgroups may aid clinical decisions and improve outcome in sepsis patients. The initial clinical presentation is rather similar in sepsis of different etiologies, however, inflammatory profiles may be able to distinguish between different etiologies of infections. In this review, we summarize the role and the discriminating potency of host-derived inflammatory biomarkers in the context of the main etiological types of sepsis.
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