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- Title
The role of centre and country factors on process and outcome indicators in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.
- Authors
Buetti, Niccolò; Tabah, Alexis; Setti, Nour; Ruckly, Stéphane; Barbier, François; Akova, Murat; Aslan, Abdullah Tarik; Leone, Marc; Bassetti, Matteo; Morris, Andrew Conway; Arvaniti, Kostoula; Paiva, José-Artur; Ferrer, Ricard; Qiu, Haibo; Montrucchio, Giorgia; Cortegiani, Andrea; Kayaaslan, Bircan; De Bus, Liesbet; De Waele, Jan J.; Timsit, Jean-François
- Abstract
Purpose: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between centre/country-based factors and two important process and outcome indicators in patients with hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HABSI). Methods: We used data on HABSI from the prospective EUROBACT-2 study to evaluate the associations between centre/country factors on a process or an outcome indicator: adequacy of antimicrobial therapy within the first 24 h or 28-day mortality, respectively. Mixed logistical models with clustering by centre identified factors associated with both indicators. Results: Two thousand two hundred nine patients from two hundred one intensive care units (ICUs) were included in forty-seven countries. Overall, 51% (n = 1128) of patients received an adequate antimicrobial therapy and the 28-day mortality was 38% (n = 839). The availability of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for aminoglycosides everyday [odds ratio (OR) 1.48, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03–2.14] or within a few hours (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.34–2.38), surveillance cultures for multidrug-resistant organism carriage performed weekly (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.09–1.93), and increasing Human Development Index (HDI) values were associated with adequate antimicrobial therapy. The presence of intermediate care beds (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.47–0.84), TDM for aminoglycoside available everyday (OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.44–1.00) or within a few hours (OR 0.51, 95% CI 0.37–0.70), 24/7 consultation of clinical pharmacists (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.47–0.95), percentage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) between 10% and 25% in the ICU (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.00–2.80), and decreasing HDI values were associated with 28-day mortality. Conclusion: Centre/country factors should be targeted for future interventions to improve management strategies and outcome of HABSI in ICU patients.
- Subjects
CRITICALLY ill; DRUG monitoring; HUMAN Development Index; INTERMEDIATE care; DRUG accessibility
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 6, p873
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-024-07348-0