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Kubo K, Sakuraya M, Sugimoto H, Takahashi N, Kano KI, Yoshimura J, Egi M, Kondo Y. Benefits and Harms of Procalcitonin- or C-Reactive Protein-Guided Antimicrobial Discontinuation in Critically Ill Adults With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med 2024; 52:e522-e534. [PMID: 38949476 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006366] [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: 07/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVES In sepsis treatment, antibiotics are crucial, but overuse risks development of antibiotic resistance. Recent guidelines recommended the use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic cessation, but solid evidence is insufficient. Recently, concerns were raised that this strategy would increase recurrence. Additionally, optimal protocol or difference from the commonly used C-reactive protein (CRP) are uncertain. We aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin- or CRP-guided antibiotic cessation strategies with standard of care in sepsis. DATA SOURCES A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, Igaku Chuo Zasshi, ClinicalTrials.gov , and World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Platform. STUDY SELECTION Randomized controlled trials involving adults with sepsis in intensive care. DATA EXTRACTION A systematic review with network meta-analyses was performed. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessments, Developments, and Evaluation method was used to assess certainty. DATA SYNTHESIS Eighteen studies involving 5023 participants were included. Procalcitonin-guided and CRP-guided strategies shortened antibiotic treatment (-1.89 days [95% CI, -2.30 to -1.47], -2.56 days [95% CI, -4.21 to -0.91]) with low- to moderate-certainty evidence. In procalcitonin-guided strategies, this benefit was consistent even in subsets with shorter baseline antimicrobial duration (7-10 d) or in Sepsis-3, and more pronounced in procalcitonin cutoff of "0.5 μg/L and 80% reduction." No benefit was observed when monitoring frequency was less than half of the initial 10 days. Procalcitonin-guided strategies lowered mortality (-27 per 1000 participants [95% CI, -45 to -7]) and this was pronounced in Sepsis-3, but CRP-guided strategies led to no difference in mortality. Recurrence did not increase significantly with either strategy (very low to low certainty). CONCLUSIONS In sepsis, procalcitonin- or CRP-guided antibiotic discontinuation strategies may be beneficial and safe. In particular, the usefulness of procalcitonin guidance for current Sepsis-3, where antimicrobials are used for more than 7 days, was supported. Well-designed studies are needed focusing on monitoring protocol and recurrence.
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- Kenji Kubo
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan
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Arslan G, Besci T, Özdemir G, Evren G, Ilgaz Tüzen H, Prencuva P, Turan B, Benligül EM. Predictive Value of PRISM-4, PIM-3, CRP, Albumin, CRP/Albumin Ratio and Lactate in Critically Ill Children. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1731. [PMID: 38002822 PMCID: PMC10670452 DOI: 10.3390/children10111731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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The accurate prediction of the prognosis for critically ill children is crucial, with the Pediatric Index of Mortality (PIM) and Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) being extensively utilized for this purpose. Albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and lactate levels, which are indicative of inflammation and circulatory status in critically ill children, have not been incorporated into existing scoring systems. This retrospective cohort study evaluated the association between biological markers and the clinical outcomes in children with critical illnesses. PRISM-4 and PIM-3 death probability (DP), albumin, lactate, CRP, and CRP/albumin ratio were recorded upon admission. The accuracy of the indexes in predicting mortality were assessed by calculating the area under the curve (AUC). There were 942 patients included and the 28-day mortality rate was 7.9%. The AUC for PRISM-4, PIM-3, CRP, CRP/albumin ratio, albumin, and lactate were 0.923, 0.896, 0.798, 0.795, 0.751, 0.728, respectively. The findings in the subgroup analysis of septic patients were similar to those found in the overall population. Although CRP, CRP/albumin ratio, albumin, and lactate levels are all linked to mortality in children, CRP and the CRP/albumin ratio have lower predictive values than albumin and lactate. Incorporation of albumin and lactate into scoring systems will improve predictability.
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- Gazi Arslan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Konak 35220, Turkey; (T.B.); (G.Ö.); (G.E.); (H.I.T.); (P.P.); (B.T.); (E.M.B.)
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Papp M, Kiss N, Baka M, Trásy D, Zubek L, Fehérvári P, Harnos A, Turan C, Hegyi P, Molnár Z. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy may shorten length of treatment and may improve survival-a systematic review and meta-analysis. Crit Care 2023; 27:394. [PMID: 37833778 PMCID: PMC10576288 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04677-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Appropriate antibiotic (AB) therapy remains a challenge in the intensive care unit (ICU). Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided AB stewardship could help optimize AB treatment and decrease AB-related adverse effects, but firm evidence is still lacking. Our aim was to compare the effects of PCT-guided AB therapy with standard of care (SOC) in critically ill patients. METHODS We searched databases CENTRAL, Embase and Medline. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing PCT-guided AB therapy (PCT group) with SOC reporting on length of AB therapy, mortality, recurrent and secondary infection, ICU length of stay (LOS), hospital LOS or healthcare costs. Due to recent changes in sepsis definitions, subgroup analyses were performed in studies applying the Sepsis-3 definition. In the statistical analysis, a random-effects model was used to pool effect sizes. RESULTS We included 26 RCTs (n = 9048 patients) in the quantitative analysis. In comparison with SOC, length of AB therapy was significantly shorter in the PCT group (MD - 1.79 days, 95% CI: -2.65, - 0.92) and was associated with a significantly lower 28-day mortality (OR 0.84, 95% CI: 0.74, 0.95). In Sepsis-3 patients, mortality benefit was more pronounced (OR 0.46 95% CI: 0.27, 0.79). Odds of recurrent infection were significantly higher in the PCT group (OR 1.36, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.68), but there was no significant difference in the odds of secondary infection (OR 0.81, 95% CI: 0.54, 1.21), ICU and hospital length of stay (MD - 0.67 days 95% CI: - 1.76, 0.41 and MD - 1.23 days, 95% CI: - 3.13, 0.67, respectively). CONCLUSIONS PCT-guided AB therapy may be associated with reduced AB use, lower 28-day mortality but higher infection recurrence, with similar ICU and hospital length of stay. Our results render the need for better designed studies investigating the role of PCT-guided AB stewardship in critically ill patients.
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- Márton Papp
- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Saint John's Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Pancreatic Diseases, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Üllői Út 26, 1082, Budapest, Hungary.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
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Tian BWCA, Agnoletti V, Ansaloni L, Coccolini F, Bravi F, Sartelli M, Vallicelli C, Catena F. Management of Intra-Abdominal Infections: The Role of Procalcitonin. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:1406. [PMID: 37760703 PMCID: PMC10525176 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12091406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Patients with intra-abdominal sepsis suffer from significant mortality and morbidity. The main pillars of treatment for intra-abdominal infections are (1) source control and (2) early delivery of antibiotics. Antibiotic therapy should be started as soon as possible. However, the duration of antibiotics remains a matter of debate. Prolonged antibiotic delivery can lead to increased microbial resistance and the development of nosocomial infections. There has been much research on biomarkers and their ability to aid the decision on when to stop antibiotics. Some of these biomarkers include interleukins, C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT). PCT's value as a biomarker has been a focus area of research in recent years. Most studies use either a cut-off value of 0.50 ng/mL or an >80% reduction in PCT levels to determine when to stop antibiotics. This paper performs a literature review and provides a synthesized up-to-date global overview on the value of PCT in managing intra-abdominal infections.
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- Brian W. C. A. Tian
- Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore;
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, 47521 Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Pavia University Hospital, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Via Santa Lucia 2, 62100 Macerata, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Trauma Surgery, M. Bufalini Hospital, 47521 Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, “Maurizio Bufalini” Hospital, 47521 Cesena, Italy
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August BA, Kale-Pradhan PB, Giuliano C, Johnson LB. Biomarkers in the intensive care setting: A focus on using procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to optimize antimicrobial duration of therapy. Pharmacotherapy 2023; 43:935-949. [PMID: 37300522 DOI: 10.1002/phar.2834] [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: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Managing the critically ill patient with infection is complex, requiring clinicians to synthesize considerable information relating to antimicrobial efficacy and treatment duration. The use of biomarkers may play an important role in identifying variation in treatment response and providing information about treatment efficacy. Though a vast number of biomarkers for clinical application have been described, procalcitonin and C-reactive protein (CRP) are the most thoroughly investigated in the critically ill. However, the presence of heterogeneous populations, variable end points, and incongruent methodology in the literature complicates the use of such biomarkers to guide antimicrobial therapy. This review focuses on an appraisal of evidence for use of procalcitonin and CRP to optimize antimicrobial duration of therapy (DOT) in critically ill patients. Procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial therapy in mixed critically ill populations with varying degrees of sepsis appears to be safe and might assist in reducing antimicrobial DOT. Compared to procalcitonin, fewer studies exist examining the impact of CRP on antimicrobial DOT and clinical outcomes in the critically ill. Procalcitonin and CRP have been insufficiently studied in many key intensive care unit populations, including surgical patients with concomitant trauma, renally insufficient populations, the immunocompromised, and patients with septic shock. We believe the available evidence is not strong enough to warrant routine use of procalcitonin or CRP to guide antimicrobial DOT in critically ill patients with infection. So long as its limitations are recognized, procalcitonin could be considered to tailor antimicrobial DOT on a case-by-case basis in the critically ill patient.
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- Benjamin A August
- Critical Care, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Yang Y, Huang J, Yan H, Li X, Liu P, Zhou W, Zhang X, Lu X, Xiao Z. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with Kawasaki disease combined with sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1101428. [PMID: 37234775 PMCID: PMC10206258 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1101428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vascular inflammatory disease with unknown pathogenesis. There are few studies on KD combined with sepsis worldwide. Purpose To provide valuable data regarding clinical characteristics and outcomes related to pediatric patients with KD combined with sepsis in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 44 pediatric patients admitted in PICU at Hunan Children's Hospital with KD combined with sepsis between January 2018 and July 2021. Results Of the 44 pediatric patients (mean age, 28.18 ± 24.28 months), 29 were males and 15 were female. We further divided the 44 patients into two groups: KD combined with severe sepsis (n=19) and KD combined with non-severe sepsis (n=25). There were no significant between-group differences in leukocyte, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Interleukin-6, interleukin-2, interleukin-4 and procalcitonin in KD with severe sepsis group were significantly higher than those in KD with non-severe sepsis group. And the percentage of suppressor T lymphocyte and natural killer cell in severe sepsis group were significantly higher than those in non-severe group, while the CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocyte ratio was significantly lower in KD with severe sepsis group than in KD with non-severe sepsis group. All 44 children survived and were successfully treated after intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) combined with antibiotics. Conclusion Children who develop with KD combined with sepsis have different degrees of inflammatory response and cellular immunosuppression, and the degree of inflammatory response and cellular immunosuppression is significantly correlated with the severity of the disease.
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- Yufan Yang
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Pediatrics Research Institute of Hunan Province, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Chambliss AB, Patel K, Colón-Franco JM, Hayden J, Katz SE, Minejima E, Woodworth A. AACC Guidance Document on the Clinical Use of Procalcitonin. J Appl Lab Med 2023; 8:598-634. [PMID: 37140163 DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfad007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT), a peptide precursor of the hormone calcitonin, is a biomarker whose serum concentrations are elevated in response to systemic inflammation caused by bacterial infection and sepsis. Clinical adoption of PCT in the United States has only recently gained traction with an increasing number of Food and Drug Administration-approved assays and expanded indications for use. There is interest in the use of PCT as an outcomes predictor as well as an antibiotic stewardship tool. However, PCT has limitations in specificity, and conclusions surrounding its utility have been mixed. Further, there is a lack of consensus regarding appropriate timing of measurements and interpretation of results. There is also a lack of method harmonization for PCT assays, and questions remain regarding whether the same clinical decision points may be used across different methods. CONTENT This guidance document aims to address key questions related to the use of PCT to manage adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients with suspected sepsis and/or bacterial infections, particularly respiratory infections. The document explores the evidence for PCT utility for antimicrobial therapy decisions and outcomes prediction. Additionally, the document discusses analytical and preanalytical considerations for PCT analysis and confounding factors that may affect the interpretation of PCT results. SUMMARY While PCT has been studied widely in various clinical settings, there is considerable variability in study designs and study populations. Evidence to support the use of PCT to guide antibiotic cessation is compelling in the critically ill and in some lower respiratory tract infections but is lacking in other clinical scenarios, and evidence is also limited in the pediatric and neonatal populations. Interpretation of PCT results requires guidance from multidisciplinary care teams of clinicians, pharmacists, and clinical laboratorians.
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- Allison B Chambliss
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Laboratories, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, United States
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Guarino M, Perna B, Cesaro AE, Maritati M, Spampinato MD, Contini C, De Giorgio R. 2023 Update on Sepsis and Septic Shock in Adult Patients: Management in the Emergency Department. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12093188. [PMID: 37176628 PMCID: PMC10179263 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12093188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sepsis/septic shock is a life-threatening and time-dependent condition that requires timely management to reduce mortality. This review aims to update physicians with regard to the main pillars of treatment for this insidious condition. METHODS PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE were searched from inception with special attention paid to November 2021-January 2023. RESULTS The management of sepsis/septic shock is challenging and involves different pathophysiological aspects, encompassing empirical antimicrobial treatment (which is promptly administered after microbial tests), fluid (crystalloids) replacement (to be established according to fluid tolerance and fluid responsiveness), and vasoactive agents (e.g., norepinephrine (NE)), which are employed to maintain mean arterial pressure above 65 mmHg and reduce the risk of fluid overload. In cases of refractory shock, vasopressin (rather than epinephrine) should be combined with NE to reach an acceptable level of pressure control. If mechanical ventilation is indicated, the tidal volume should be reduced from 10 to 6 mL/kg. Heparin is administered to prevent venous thromboembolism, and glycemic control is recommended. The efficacy of other treatments (e.g., proton-pump inhibitors, sodium bicarbonate, etc.) is largely debated, and such treatments might be used on a case-to-case basis. CONCLUSIONS The management of sepsis/septic shock has significantly progressed in the last few years. Improving knowledge of the main therapeutic cornerstones of this challenging condition is crucial to achieve better patient outcomes.
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- Matteo Guarino
- Department of Translational Medicine, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Infectious and Dermatology Diseases, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Infectious and Dermatology Diseases, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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Falcone M, Bauer M, Ferrer R, Gavazzi G, Gonzalez Del Castillo J, Pilotto A, Schuetz P. Biomarkers for risk stratification and antibiotic stewardship in elderly patients. Aging Clin Exp Res 2023; 35:925-935. [PMID: 36995460 PMCID: PMC10060920 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-023-02388-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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PURPOSE Optimal treatment of infections in the elderly patients population is challenging because clinical symptoms and signs may be less specific potentially resulting in both, over- and undertreatment. Elderly patients also have a less pronounced immune response to infection, which may influence kinetics of biomarkers of infection. METHODS Within a group of experts, we critically reviewed the current literature regarding biomarkers for risk stratification and antibiotic stewardship in elderly patients with emphasis on procalcitonin (PCT). RESULTS The expert group agreed that there is strong evidence that the elderly patient population is particularly vulnerable for infections and due to ambiguity of clinical signs and parameters in the elderly, there is considerable risk for undertreatment. At the same time, however, this group of patients is particularly vulnerable for off-target effects from antibiotic treatment and limiting the use of antibiotics is therefore important. The use of infection markers including PCT to guide individual treatment decisions has thus particular appeal in geriatric patients. For the elderly, there is evidence that PCT is a valuable biomarker for assessing the risk of septic complications and adverse outcomes, and helpful for guiding individual decisions for or against antibiotic treatment. There is need for additional educational efforts regarding the concept of "biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship" for health care providers caring for elderly patients. CONCLUSION Use of biomarkers, most notably PCT, has high potential to improve the antibiotic management of elderly patients with possible infection for improving both, undertreatment and overtreatment. Within this narrative review, we aim to provide evidence-based concepts for the safe and efficient use of PCT in elderly patients.
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- Marco Falcone
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, SODIR Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinical Geriatrics Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Clínico San Carlos Hospital, IdISSC, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Department of Geriatric Care, OrthoGeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Aarau Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland.
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Póvoa P, Coelho L, Dal-Pizzol F, Ferrer R, Huttner A, Conway Morris A, Nobre V, Ramirez P, Rouze A, Salluh J, Singer M, Sweeney DA, Torres A, Waterer G, Kalil AC. How to use biomarkers of infection or sepsis at the bedside: guide to clinicians. Intensive Care Med 2023; 49:142-153. [PMID: 36592205 PMCID: PMC9807102 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06956-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. In this context, biomarkers could be considered as indicators of either infection or dysregulated host response or response to treatment and/or aid clinicians to prognosticate patient risk. More than 250 biomarkers have been identified and evaluated over the last few decades, but no biomarker accurately differentiates between sepsis and sepsis-like syndrome. Published data support the use of biomarkers for pathogen identification, clinical diagnosis, and optimization of antibiotic treatment. In this narrative review, we highlight how clinicians could improve the use of pathogen-specific and of the most used host-response biomarkers, procalcitonin and C-reactive protein, to improve the clinical care of patients with sepsis. Biomarker kinetics are more useful than single values in predicting sepsis, when making the diagnosis and assessing the response to antibiotic therapy. Finally, integrated biomarker-guided algorithms may hold promise to improve both the diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis. Herein, we provide current data on the clinical utility of pathogen-specific and host-response biomarkers, offer guidance on how to optimize their use, and propose the needs for future research.
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- Pedro Póvoa
- NOVA Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Research Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, OUH Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, CHLO, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449-005 Lisbon, Portugal
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- NOVA Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, CHLO, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449-005 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathophysiology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNESC), Criciúma, Brazil
- Clinical Research Center, São José Hospital, Criciúma, Brazil
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Institut de Recerca Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER), Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Center for Clinical Research, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- JVF Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Universitario Y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red‑Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes), Madrid, Spain
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR 8576 - U1285 - UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Service de Médecine Intensive - Réanimation, Université de Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Postgraduate Program, D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA USA
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- Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomedica En Red–Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE USA
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Kim CJ. Current Status of Antibiotic Stewardship and the Role of Biomarkers in Antibiotic Stewardship Programs. Infect Chemother 2022; 54:674-698. [PMID: 36596680 PMCID: PMC9840952 DOI: 10.3947/ic.2022.0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The importance of antibiotic stewardship is increasingly emphasized in accordance with the increasing incidences of multidrug-resistant organisms and accompanying increases in disease burden. This review describes the obstacles in operating an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP), and whether the use of biomarkers within currently available resources can help. Surveys conducted around the world have shown that major obstacles to ASPs are shortages of time and personnel, lack of appropriate compensation for ASP operation, and lack of guidelines or appropriate manuals. Sufficient investment, such as the provision of full-time equivalent ASP practitioners, and adoption of computerized clinical decision systems are useful measures to improve ASP within an institution. However, these methods are not easy in terms of both time commitments and cost. Some biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and presepsin are promising tools in ASP due to their utility in diagnosis and forecasting the prognosis of sepsis. Recent studies have demonstrated the usefulness of algorithmic approaches based on procalcitonin level to determine the initiation or discontinuation of antibiotics, which would be helpful in decreasing antibiotics use, resulting in more appropriate antibiotics use.
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- Chung-Jong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
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Omer I, Abuthiyab N, Al Zaid N, Alkanani R, Abualnaja R, Khan G. Procalcitonin as a Tool to Antimicrobial Stewardship in COVID-19 Patients with Superimposed Bacterial Infections: A Systematic Review. J Inflamm Res 2022; 15:6055-6064. [PMID: 36353123 PMCID: PMC9639592 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s377644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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ABSTRACT Procalcitonin is an inflammatory marker that had shown marked potential as an antimicrobial stewardship tool for administering antibiotics when needed in patients with pneumonia as it raises concurrently with other inflammatory markers, yet no systematic review has assessed its potential in COVID-19 patients. This systematic review aimed to assess the potential appropriateness of procalcitonin as an antimicrobial stewardship tool in COVID-19 patients with superimposed bacterial and non-bacterial infections. All study designs published after 2019 were included in this systematic review. We included all studies that had reported procalcitonin levels in COVID-19 patients with suspected superimposed secondary infection(s). We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, and the Directory for Open Access Journal from April 2022 to May 2022 and retrieved all related articles for screening with no restrictions on language. We conducted risk of bias assessment according to the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) criteria for cohort and case-control studies. Results were presented according to procalcitonin cut-off values, gold standard test used to confirm infection, and overall study conclusion(s), among other variables. This systematic review included 18 articles with 7196 patients in 8 countries. Despite different cut-off values of procalcitonin used, thirteen studies had indicated the appropriateness of using procalcitonin as antimicrobial stewardship tool in COVID-19 patients. We urge physicians to take this into account when treating COVID-19 patients suspected of superimposed infections and we look forward to further studies with standardized procalcitonin cut-off values that may provide appropriate quantitative data that can contribute to clinical guidelines. REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42022315013.
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- Ibrahim Omer
- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Khilnani GC, Tiwari P, Zirpe KG, Chaudhry D, Govil D, Dixit S, Kulkarni AP, Todi SK, Hadda V, Jain N, Govindagoudar MB, Samavedam S, Jha SK, Tyagi N, Jaju MR, Sharma A. Guidelines for the Use of Procalcitonin for Rational Use of Antibiotics. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26:S77-S94. [PMID: 36896360 PMCID: PMC9989870 DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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How to cite this article: Khilnani GC, Tiwari P, Zirpe KG, Chaudhary D, Govil D, Dixit S, et al. Guidelines for the Use of Procalcitonin for Rational Use of Antibiotics. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(S2):S77-S94.
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- Gopi C Khilnani
- Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, PSRI Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Excellence in Pulmonary Medicine, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Institute of Critical Care and Anesthesia, Medanta - The Medicty, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjeevan Surgery Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Department of Critical Care Medicine, MJM Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders, Pushpawati Singhania Hospital & Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Critical Care Management, Virinchi Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Critical Care Medicine Sunshine Hospital, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Lab Medicine, Fortes Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
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Schena CA, de’Angelis GL, Carra MC, Bianchi G, de’Angelis N. Antimicrobial Challenge in Acute Care Surgery. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:1315. [PMID: 36289973 PMCID: PMC9598495 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11101315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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The burden of infections in acute care surgery (ACS) is huge. Surgical emergencies alone account for three million admissions per year in the United States (US) with estimated financial costs of USD 28 billion per year. Acute care facilities and ACS patients represent boost sanctuaries for the emergence, development and transmission of infections and multi-resistant organisms. According to the World Health Organization, healthcare-associated infections affected around 4 million cases in Europe and 1.7 million in the US alone in 2011 with 39,000 and 99,000 directly attributable deaths, respectively. In this scenario, antimicrobial resistance arose as a public-health emergency that worsens patients' morbidity and mortality and increases healthcare costs. The optimal patient care requires the application of comprehensive evidence-based policies and strategies aiming at minimizing the impact of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance, while optimizing the treatment of intra-abdominal infections. The present review provides a snapshot of two hot topics, such as antimicrobial resistance and systemic inflammatory response, and three milestones of infection management, such as source control, infection prevention, and control and antimicrobial stewardship.
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- Carlo Alberto Schena
- Unit of Digestive and HPB Surgery, CARE Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy
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- Rothschild Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, U.F.R. of Odontology, 75006 Paris, France
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- Unit of Digestive and HPB Surgery, CARE Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Unit of Digestive and HPB Surgery, CARE Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, AP-HP, 94010 Créteil, France
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Kyriazopoulou E, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ. Antimicrobial Stewardship Using Biomarkers: Accumulating Evidence for the Critically Ill. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11030367. [PMID: 35326830 PMCID: PMC8944654 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11030367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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This review aims to summarize current progress in the management of critically ill, using biomarkers as guidance for antimicrobial treatment with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship. Accumulated evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and observational studies in adults for the biomarker-guided antimicrobial treatment of critically ill (mainly sepsis and COVID-19 patients) has been extensively searched and is provided. Procalcitonin (PCT) is the best studied biomarker; in the majority of randomized clinical trials an algorithm of discontinuation of antibiotics with decreasing PCT over serial measurements has been proven safe and effective to reduce length of antimicrobial treatment, antibiotic-associated adverse events and long-term infectious complications like infections by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridioides difficile. Other biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein and presepsin, are already being tested as guidance for shorter antimicrobial treatment, but more research is needed. Current evidence suggests that biomarkers, mainly procalcitonin, should be implemented in antimicrobial stewardship programs even in the COVID-19 era, when, although bacterial coinfection rate is low, antimicrobial overconsumption remains high.
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- Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou
- 2nd Department of Critical Care Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece;
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-210-5831994
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Elnajdy D, El-Dahiyat F. Antibiotics duration guided by biomarkers in hospitalized adult patients; a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infect Dis (Lond) 2022; 54:387-402. [PMID: 35175169 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2022.2037701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The impact of using biomarkers to determine the duration of antibiotics therapy has been studied. However, the question remains in clinical practice whether these biomarkers are reliable to determine antibiotics duration. AIM This study is aimed to see if employing c-reactive protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin (PCT) to determine the duration of antibiotic use in hospitalized adult patients is both effective and safe. METHODS Search databases that were used are Pubmed, Cochrane library, and Embase. Only randomized controlled trials conducted in adult (≥18 years) hospitalized patients were included. The primary outcome assessed is the duration of antibiotics used. Secondary outcomes assessed are the length of hospitalization, recurrence of infection/rehospitalization, in-hospital mortality, and 28-day mortality. RESULTS For the primary outcome, which is the duration of antibiotics use, PCT guided therapy significantly decreased the duration of antibiotics used in both sepsis and respiratory tract infections. For the secondary outcomes, there was no statistically significant difference in the outcomes of length of hospitalization, recurrence of infection/rehospitalization, and 28-day mortality. However, in-hospital mortality was significantly reduced (p = .02). CRP guided reduced antibiotic use duration, but there was no statistically significant difference in other outcomes including length of hospital stay, 28-day mortality, and infection recurrence. CONCLUSION Procalcitonin-guided antibiotics therapy was shown to be effective and safe in the reduction of antibiotics duration in both sepsis and respiratory tract infections. More research is needed to prove that CRP-guided therapy is safe and effective to determine the antibiotic duration in adult hospitalized patients. REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER PROSPERO (CRD42021264167).
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- Dina Elnajdy
- Clinical Pharmacy Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Clinical Pharmacy Program, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Lau TMM, Daniel R, Hughes K, Wootton M, Hood K, Gillespie D. OUP accepted manuscript. JAC Antimicrob Resist 2022; 4:dlac013. [PMID: 35233529 PMCID: PMC8874134 DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac013] [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: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Antimicrobial stewardship interventions (ASIs) aim to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. We sought to systematically evaluate how microbiological outcomes have been handled and analysed in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating ASIs. Methods We searched PubMed and Embase from 2011–21. Studies were selected if they were RCTs evaluating ASIs. A narrative synthesis approach was taken, identifying whether the study reported any microbiological data (bacterial genus/species; bacterial colony counts; prevalence of bacterial, microbiologically defined infections; and antibiotic susceptibility, measured pre-randomization or post-randomization in one arm only) or outcomes (post-randomization data compared between arms). Studies with or without microbiological data/outcomes were summarized in terms of study characteristics, methods of reporting and analysis of these outcomes. Results We identified 117 studies, with 34 (29.1%) collecting microbiological data and 18 (15.4%) reporting microbiological outcomes. Most studies with microbiological outcomes were conducted in secondary care (12/18, 66.7%) and targeted adult populations (14/18, 77.8%), and the intervention involved biomarker-guided rapid diagnostic testing (7/18, 38.9%). The overall quality of reporting and analysing microbiological outcomes was low and inconsistent. The selected study population in analyses and methods of handling missing data were unclear. Conclusions This review demonstrates that the quality of handling and reporting microbiological outcomes in RCTs of ASIs was low. The lack of consistency and clarity made it difficult to compare the findings across studies, limiting policy- and clinical decision-making. Therefore, there is a clear need for the development of guidance for handling microbiological outcomes in RCTs and adopting appropriate methods to evaluate these data carefully.
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- Tin Man Mandy Lau
- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- PRIME Centre Wales, Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Specialist Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Unit, Public Health Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:e1063-e1143. [PMID: 34605781 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 929] [Impact Index Per Article: 309.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Wiersinga WJ, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Coz Yataco A, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Møller MH, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:1181-1247. [PMID: 34599691 PMCID: PMC8486643 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06506-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1531] [Impact Index Per Article: 510.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Laura Evans
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Adult Critical Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & St George's University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Emergenza, Anestesiologiche e della Rianimazione, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Anesthesiology, Pain and Intensive Care Department, Federal University of São Paulo, Hospital of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Michigan and VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis, Division of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- University of Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine CRISMA Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Intensive Care Department, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Mount Sinai Hospital & University of Toronto (Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy.,Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center/University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Hospital Interzonal de Agudos San Martin de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care 4131, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- ASAN Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Intensive Care Division, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Medanta the Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- University of Minnesota/Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Department of Pharmacy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Division of Anaesthesiology Critical Care Emergency and Pain Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Nîmes, France
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover and German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany
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- World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care, Brussels, Belgium
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- Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island & Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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Heilmann E, Gregoriano C, Annane D, Reinhart K, Bouadma L, Wolff M, Chastre J, Luyt CE, Tubach F, Branche AR, Briel M, Christ-Crain M, Welte T, Corti C, de Jong E, Nijsten M, de Lange DW, van Oers JAH, Beishuizen A, Girbes ARJ, Deliberato RO, Schroeder S, Kristoffersen KB, Layios N, Damas P, Lima SSS, Nobre V, Wei L, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, Stolz D, Tamm M, Verduri A, Wang JX, Drevet S, Gavazzi G, Mueller B, Schuetz P. Duration of antibiotic treatment using procalcitonin-guided treatment algorithms in older patients: a patient-level meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials. Age Ageing 2021; 50:1546-1556. [PMID: 33993243 PMCID: PMC8437072 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Older patients have a less pronounced immune response to infection, which may also influence infection biomarkers. There is currently insufficient data regarding clinical effects of procalcitonin (PCT) to guide antibiotic treatment in older patients. Objective and design We performed an individual patient data meta-analysis to investigate the association of age on effects of PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship regarding antibiotic use and outcome. Subjects and methods We had access to 9,421 individual infection patients from 28 randomized controlled trials comparing PCT-guided antibiotic therapy (intervention group) or standard care. We stratified patients according to age in four groups (<75 years [n = 7,079], 75–80 years [n = 1,034], 81–85 years [n = 803] and >85 years [n = 505]). The primary endpoint was the duration of antibiotic treatment and the secondary endpoints were 30-day mortality and length of stay. Results Compared to control patients, mean duration of antibiotic therapy in PCT-guided patients was significantly reduced by 24, 22, 26 and 24% in the four age groups corresponding to adjusted differences in antibiotic days of −1.99 (95% confidence interval [CI] −2.36 to −1.62), −1.98 (95% CI −2.94 to −1.02), −2.20 (95% CI −3.15 to −1.25) and − 2.10 (95% CI −3.29 to −0.91) with no differences among age groups. There was no increase in the risk for mortality in any of the age groups. Effects were similar in subgroups by infection type, blood culture result and clinical setting (P interaction >0.05). Conclusions This large individual patient data meta-analysis confirms that, similar to younger patients, PCT-guided antibiotic treatment in older patients is associated with significantly reduced antibiotic exposures and no increase in mortality.
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- Eva Heilmann
- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
- Departement of Oncology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
- Departement of Oncology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Critical Care, Hyperbaric Medicine and Home Respiratory Unit, Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Raymond Poincaré Hospital (AP-HP), Garches, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Univeersité Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Univeersité Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Univeersité Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Département d’Epidémiologie Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- University Medical Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Krankenhaus Dueren, Dueren, Germany
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- Department of General Intensive Care, University Hospital of Liege, Domaine Universitaire de Liège, Liege, Belgium
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- Department of General Intensive Care, University Hospital of Liege, Domaine Universitaire de Liège, Liege, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Shanghai Fifth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Clinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Clinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico di Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- University Clinics of Geriatrics, University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, GREPI TIMC-IMAG CNRS 5525 University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- University Clinics of Geriatrics, University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, GREPI TIMC-IMAG CNRS 5525 University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Egi M, Ogura H, Yatabe T, Atagi K, Inoue S, Iba T, Kakihana Y, Kawasaki T, Kushimoto S, Kuroda Y, Kotani J, Shime N, Taniguchi T, Tsuruta R, Doi K, Doi M, Nakada TA, Nakane M, Fujishima S, Hosokawa N, Masuda Y, Matsushima A, Matsuda N, Yamakawa K, Hara Y, Sakuraya M, Ohshimo S, Aoki Y, Inada M, Umemura Y, Kawai Y, Kondo Y, Saito H, Taito S, Takeda C, Terayama T, Tohira H, Hashimoto H, Hayashida K, Hifumi T, Hirose T, Fukuda T, Fujii T, Miura S, Yasuda H, Abe T, Andoh K, Iida Y, Ishihara T, Ide K, Ito K, Ito Y, Inata Y, Utsunomiya A, Unoki T, Endo K, Ouchi A, Ozaki M, Ono S, Katsura M, Kawaguchi A, Kawamura Y, Kudo D, Kubo K, Kurahashi K, Sakuramoto H, Shimoyama A, Suzuki T, Sekine S, Sekino M, Takahashi N, Takahashi S, Takahashi H, Tagami T, Tajima G, Tatsumi H, Tani M, Tsuchiya A, Tsutsumi Y, Naito T, Nagae M, Nagasawa I, Nakamura K, Nishimura T, Nunomiya S, Norisue Y, Hashimoto S, Hasegawa D, Hatakeyama J, Hara N, Higashibeppu N, Furushima N, Furusono H, Matsuishi Y, Matsuyama T, Minematsu Y, Miyashita R, Miyatake Y, Moriyasu M, Yamada T, Yamada H, Yamamoto R, Yoshida T, Yoshida Y, Yoshimura J, Yotsumoto R, Yonekura H, Wada T, Watanabe E, Aoki M, Asai H, Abe T, Igarashi Y, Iguchi N, Ishikawa M, Ishimaru G, Isokawa S, Itakura R, Imahase H, Imura H, Irinoda T, Uehara K, Ushio N, Umegaki T, Egawa Y, Enomoto Y, Ota K, Ohchi Y, Ohno T, Ohbe H, Oka K, Okada N, Okada Y, Okano H, Okamoto J, Okuda H, Ogura T, Onodera Y, Oyama Y, Kainuma M, Kako E, Kashiura M, Kato H, Kanaya A, Kaneko T, Kanehata K, Kano KI, Kawano H, Kikutani K, Kikuchi H, Kido T, Kimura S, Koami H, Kobashi D, Saiki I, Sakai M, Sakamoto A, Sato T, Shiga Y, Shimoto M, Shimoyama S, Shoko T, Sugawara Y, Sugita A, Suzuki S, Suzuki Y, Suhara T, Sonota K, Takauji S, Takashima K, Takahashi S, Takahashi Y, Takeshita J, Tanaka Y, Tampo A, Tsunoyama T, Tetsuhara K, Tokunaga K, Tomioka Y, Tomita K, Tominaga N, Toyosaki M, Toyoda Y, Naito H, Nagata I, Nagato T, Nakamura Y, Nakamori Y, Nahara I, Naraba H, Narita C, Nishioka N, Nishimura T, Nishiyama K, Nomura T, Haga T, Hagiwara Y, Hashimoto K, Hatachi T, Hamasaki T, Hayashi T, Hayashi M, Hayamizu A, Haraguchi G, Hirano Y, Fujii R, Fujita M, Fujimura N, Funakoshi H, Horiguchi M, Maki J, Masunaga N, Matsumura Y, Mayumi T, Minami K, Miyazaki Y, Miyamoto K, Murata T, Yanai M, Yano T, Yamada K, Yamada N, Yamamoto T, Yoshihiro S, Tanaka H, Nishida O. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020). J Intensive Care 2021; 9:53. [PMID: 34433491 PMCID: PMC8384927 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-021-00555-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created as revised from J-SSCG 2016 jointly by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, was first released in September 2020 and published in February 2021. An English-language version of these guidelines was created based on the contents of the original Japanese-language version. The purpose of this guideline is to assist medical staff in making appropriate decisions to improve the prognosis of patients undergoing treatment for sepsis and septic shock. We aimed to provide high-quality guidelines that are easy to use and understand for specialists, general clinicians, and multidisciplinary medical professionals. J-SSCG 2016 took up new subjects that were not present in SSCG 2016 (e.g., ICU-acquired weakness [ICU-AW], post-intensive care syndrome [PICS], and body temperature management). The J-SSCG 2020 covered a total of 22 areas with four additional new areas (patient- and family-centered care, sepsis treatment system, neuro-intensive treatment, and stress ulcers). A total of 118 important clinical issues (clinical questions, CQs) were extracted regardless of the presence or absence of evidence. These CQs also include those that have been given particular focus within Japan. This is a large-scale guideline covering multiple fields; thus, in addition to the 25 committee members, we had the participation and support of a total of 226 members who are professionals (physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, clinical engineers, and pharmacists) and medical workers with a history of sepsis or critical illness. The GRADE method was adopted for making recommendations, and the modified Delphi method was used to determine recommendations by voting from all committee members.As a result, 79 GRADE-based recommendations, 5 Good Practice Statements (GPS), 18 expert consensuses, 27 answers to background questions (BQs), and summaries of definitions and diagnosis of sepsis were created as responses to 118 CQs. We also incorporated visual information for each CQ according to the time course of treatment, and we will also distribute this as an app. The J-SSCG 2020 is expected to be widely used as a useful bedside guideline in the field of sepsis treatment both in Japan and overseas involving multiple disciplines.
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Affiliation(s)
- Moritoki Egi
- Department of Surgery Related, Division of Anesthesiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kusunoki-cho 7-5-2, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Yamadaoka 2-15, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Nara Prefectural General Medical Center, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Disaster, and Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery Related, Division of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Acute Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, 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, Yamagata University Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
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- Center for General Medicine Education, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Advancing Acute Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Member of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Support and Practice, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine/Infectious Disease, Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan
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- The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Anesthesiology, Division of Intensive Care, Division of Emergency and Critical Care, Sendai City Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Toyohashi Sozo University, Toyohashi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan
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- Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Obu, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, Japan
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- Human Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Acute and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing, Sapporo City University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
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- College of Nursing, Ibaraki Christian University, Hitachi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Komaki City Hospital, Komaki, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Shinkuki General Hospital, Kuki, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Intensive Care, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CiRC2LE), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Steel Memorial Muroran Hospital, Muroran, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Nagasaki University Hospital Acute and Critical Care Center, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Intensive Care, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Nutrition Support Team, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe City Hospital Organization, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, University of Tsukuba Hospital/Exult Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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- Doctoral program in Clinical Sciences. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Engineering, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Engineering, Kakogawa Central City Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Care and Rapid Response System, Intensive Care Center, Kitasato University Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Nursing Department, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Acute and Critical Care Medicine, Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Togane, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Kure, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Soka Municipal Hospital, Soka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Ethics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health Informatics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center, Iwakuni, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
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- Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Oita University Hospital, Yufu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Primary care and Emergency medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of ER, Hashimoto Municipal Hospital, Hashimoto, Japan
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- Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Tochigi prefectural Emergency and Critical Care Center, Imperial Gift Foundation Saiseikai, Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dialysis Center, Kichijoji Asahi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, and Intensive Care Division, Inazawa Municipal Hospital, Inazawa, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Nagoya-City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Center, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Onga Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Translational Injury Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Medicine Shintakeo Hospital, Takeo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Tohoku University Hospital Emergency Center, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Advanced Joint Function and Reconstructive Spine Surgery, Graduate school of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Primary care and Emergency medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Shibukawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Koga General Hospital, Koga, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, Japan
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- Fukuoka Prefectural Psychiatric Center, Dazaifu Hospital, Dazaifu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Todachuo General Hospital, Toda, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Yamate Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Mie University Hospital, Tsu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Services, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency Department and Critical Care Center, Japan Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Research Associate of Minimally Invasive Surgical and Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital, Kuki, Japan
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- Division of Intensive Care Unit, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Tochigi Prefectural Emergency and Critical Care Center, Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Our Lady of the Snow Social Medical Corporation, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center, Urayasu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care, Chiba Emergency Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Municipal Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Ishikawa Prefectual Central Hospital Emergency and Critical Care Center, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka Hospital, Nobeoka, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Nara Prefectural General Medical Center, Nara, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Department, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Biomarkers, mainly procalcitonin, are commonly used in sepsis diagnosis, prognosis and treatment follow-up. This review summarizes the potential benefit of their use for the critically ill. RECENT FINDINGS Increased clinical evidence from randomized clinical trials of biomarker-guided treatment suggests a trend for appropriate but short antimicrobial treatment for the critically ill. Procalcitonin (PCT) is the most studied biomarker; in the majority of randomized clinical trials, the use of a stopping rule of antibiotics on the day when PCT is below 80% from baseline or less than 0.5 ng/ml was proven effective to reduce length of antimicrobial treatment, antibiotic-associated adverse events and infectious complications like infections by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile. Survival benefit was also noted. SUMMARY Biomarkers, mainly PCT, may help improve sepsis outcome by restriction of injudicious antimicrobial use.
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Duncan EM, Charani E, Clarkson JE, Francis JJ, Gillies K, Grimshaw JM, Kern WV, Lorencatto F, Marwick CA, McEwen J, Möhler R, Morris AM, Ramsay CR, Rogers Van Katwyk S, Rzewuska M, Skodvin B, Smith I, Suh KN, Davey PG. A behavioural approach to specifying interventions: what insights can be gained for the reporting and implementation of interventions to reduce antibiotic use in hospitals? J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 75:1338-1346. [PMID: 32016346 PMCID: PMC7177472 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Reducing unnecessary antibiotic exposure is a key strategy in reducing the development and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Hospital antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions are inherently complex, often requiring multiple healthcare professionals to change multiple behaviours at multiple timepoints along the care pathway. Inaction can arise when roles and responsibilities are unclear. A behavioural perspective can offer insights to maximize the chances of successful implementation. Objectives To apply a behavioural framework [the Target Action Context Timing Actors (TACTA) framework] to existing evidence about hospital AMS interventions to specify which key behavioural aspects of interventions are detailed. Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and interrupted time series (ITS) studies with a focus on reducing unnecessary exposure to antibiotics were identified from the most recent Cochrane review of interventions to improve hospital AMS. The TACTA framework was applied to published intervention reports to assess the extent to which key details were reported about what behaviour should be performed, who is responsible for doing it and when, where, how often and with whom it should be performed. Results The included studies (n = 45; 31 RCTs and 14 ITS studies with 49 outcome measures) reported what should be done, where and to whom. However, key details were missing about who should act (45%) and when (22%). Specification of who should act was missing in 79% of 15 interventions to reduce duration of treatment in continuing-care wards. Conclusions The lack of precise specification within AMS interventions limits the generalizability and reproducibility of evidence, hampering efforts to implement AMS interventions in practice.
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- Eilidh M Duncan
- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Schools of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK & University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, NHS Education for Scotland, Scotland
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- School of Health Sciences, City University of London, London, UK
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Freiburg Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine II/Infectious Diseases, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Division of Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Nursing Science, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Sinai Health System, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Norwegian Advisory Unit for Antibiotic Use in Hospitals, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Gutiérrez-Pizarraya A, León-García MDC, De Juan-Idígoras R, Garnacho-Montero J. Clinical impact of procalcitonin-based algorithms for duration of antibiotic treatment in critically ill adult patients with sepsis: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021; 20:103-112. [PMID: 34027785 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1932462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Background: Our objective was to assess the impact on mortality, antibacterial therapy duration, and length of stay of using PCT to guide antibiotic cessation in critically ill patients with sepsis or septic shock.Research design and Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge, BioMed Central, ScienceDirect and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, of clinical trials published in English before December 31, 2019. Eligible studies should be carried out in adults at ICU with sepsis, comparing the PCT-guided antimicrobial therapy with standard of care. A random effects model was used.Results: Twelve studies were eligible with a total of 4292 patients included. The combined relative risk for 28-day mortality was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.79; 0.99), for the duration of antimicrobial therapy was -1.98 days (95% CI: -2.76, -1.21) and for ICU- length of stay was-1.21 days (95% CI: -4.16, 1.74).Conclusions: In critically ill adults with sepsis, a procalcitonin-guided strategy is associated with a significant shorter duration of antimicrobial therapy. This reduction was associated with a significant decrease in mortality although the length of ICU stay was not affected.
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- Anesthesiology and Reanimation Clinical Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Intensive Care Clinical Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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Effect of Antibiotic Discontinuation Strategies on Mortality and Infectious Complications in Critically Ill Septic Patients: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis. Crit Care Med 2021; 48:757-764. [PMID: 32191414 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate methods of antibiotic duration minimization and their effect on mortality and infectious complications in critically ill patients. DATA SOURCES A systematic search of PubMed, Embase (via Ovid), clinicaltrials.gov, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (via Wiley) (CENTRAL, Issue 2, 2015). STUDY SELECTION Randomized clinical trials comparing strategies to minimize antibiotic duration (days) for patients with infections or sepsis in intensive care. DATA EXTRACTION A systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of randomized clinical trials. Dichotomous data are presented as relative risk (95% CIs) and p value, and continuous data are presented as mean difference (CI) and p value. DATA SYNTHESIS We included 22 randomized clinical trials (6,046 patients). Strategies to minimize antibiotic use included procalcitonin (14 randomized clinical trials), clinical algorithms (two randomized clinical trials), and fixed-antibiotic duration (six randomized clinical trials). Procalcitonin (-1.23 [-1.61 to -0.85]; p < 0.001), but not clinical algorithm-guided antibiotic therapy (-7.41 [-18.18 to 3.37]; p = 0.18), was associated with shorter duration of antibiotic therapy. The intended reduction in antibiotic duration ranged from 3 to 7 days in fixed-duration antibiotic therapy randomized clinical trials. Neither procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment (0.91 [0.82-1.01]; p = 0.09), clinical algorithm-guided antibiotic treatment (0.67 [0.30-1.54]; p = 0.35), nor fixed-duration antibiotics (1.21 [0.90-1.63]; p = 0.20) were associated with reduction in mortality. Z-curve for trial sequential analyses of mortality associated with procalcitonin-guided therapy did not reach the trial sequential monitoring boundaries for benefit, harm, or futility (adjusted CI, 0.72-1.10). Trial sequential analyses for mortality associated with clinical algorithm and fixed-duration treatment accumulated less than 5% of the required information size. Despite shorter antibiotic duration, neither procalcitonin-guided therapy (0.93 [0.84-1.03]; p = 0.15) nor fixed-duration antibiotic therapy (1.06 [0.74-1.53]; p = 0.75) was associated with treatment failure. CONCLUSIONS Although the duration of antibiotic therapy is reduced with procalcitonin-guided therapy or prespecified limited duration, meta-analysis and trial sequential analyses are inconclusive for mortality benefit. Data on clinical algorithms to guide antibiotic cessation are limited.
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Schneidewind L. [Reducing mortality in adults with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock: effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin]. Urologe A 2021; 60:624-627. [PMID: 33779788 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-021-01506-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Laila Schneidewind
- Urologische Klinik Und Poliklinik, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Str. 6, 18055, Rostock, Deutschland. .,UroEvidence@DGU, Berlin, Deutschland.
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Ali WA, Bazan NS, Elberry AA, Hussein RRS. A randomized trial to compare procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in assessing severity of sepsis and in guiding antibacterial therapy in Egyptian critically ill patients. Ir J Med Sci 2021; 190:1487-1495. [PMID: 33447966 DOI: 10.1007/s11845-020-02494-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are the main used biomarkers for sepsis and in guiding antibiotic therapy, although PCT high cost limits its use in developing countries. OBJECTIVE Comparing between PCT and CRP in assessing severity of sepsis and in guiding antibacterial therapy in critically ill patients. METHODS In a prospective randomized study, 60 patients were included from an Egyptian Intensive Care Unit. Patients were divided into CRP and PCT groups. CRP and PCT were measured at baseline and on days 4 and 7. Validity, sensitivity, and specificity of both biomarkers and their correlation with sepsis scores (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)) were evaluated. Antibacterial continuation at days 4 and 7 was assessed. RESULTS The diagnostic accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity of PCT were higher than CRP (80.79% vs 69.45%, 36% vs 28.7%, 87.6% vs 72.4%, respectively). PCT levels were significantly correlated with APACHE II score (P ≤ 0.0001) and SOFA score (P = 0.005), while CRP levels were not correlated with APACHEII and SOFA scores,(P > 0.05). PCT was associated with less antibacterial exposure (33% stopped their antibiotics on day 4 versus 6% in CRP, P = 0.009). Only 33% continued their antibacterial regimen in PCT group after 7 days versus 83% in CRP group (*P ≤ 0.0001). CONCLUSION PCT is a more accurate diagnostic and prognostic biomarker than CRP in patients with sepsis. PCT significantly shortened patients' exposure to antibacterial therapy and hospital length of stay.
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- Walid A Ali
- Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, MTI University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. .,Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Department, Future University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Clinical Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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- Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt
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Egi M, Ogura H, Yatabe T, Atagi K, Inoue S, Iba T, Kakihana Y, Kawasaki T, Kushimoto S, Kuroda Y, Kotani J, Shime N, Taniguchi T, Tsuruta R, Doi K, Doi M, Nakada T, Nakane M, Fujishima S, Hosokawa N, Masuda Y, Matsushima A, Matsuda N, Yamakawa K, Hara Y, Sakuraya M, Ohshimo S, Aoki Y, Inada M, Umemura Y, Kawai Y, Kondo Y, Saito H, Taito S, Takeda C, Terayama T, Tohira H, Hashimoto H, Hayashida K, Hifumi T, Hirose T, Fukuda T, Fujii T, Miura S, Yasuda H, Abe T, Andoh K, Iida Y, Ishihara T, Ide K, Ito K, Ito Y, Inata Y, Utsunomiya A, Unoki T, Endo K, Ouchi A, Ozaki M, Ono S, Katsura M, Kawaguchi A, Kawamura Y, Kudo D, Kubo K, Kurahashi K, Sakuramoto H, Shimoyama A, Suzuki T, Sekine S, Sekino M, Takahashi N, Takahashi S, Takahashi H, Tagami T, Tajima G, Tatsumi H, Tani M, Tsuchiya A, Tsutsumi Y, Naito T, Nagae M, Nagasawa I, Nakamura K, Nishimura T, Nunomiya S, Norisue Y, Hashimoto S, Hasegawa D, Hatakeyama J, Hara N, Higashibeppu N, Furushima N, Furusono H, Matsuishi Y, Matsuyama T, Minematsu Y, Miyashita R, Miyatake Y, Moriyasu M, Yamada T, Yamada H, Yamamoto R, Yoshida T, Yoshida Y, Yoshimura J, Yotsumoto R, Yonekura H, Wada T, Watanabe E, Aoki M, Asai H, Abe T, Igarashi Y, Iguchi N, Ishikawa M, Ishimaru G, Isokawa S, Itakura R, Imahase H, Imura H, Irinoda T, Uehara K, Ushio N, Umegaki T, Egawa Y, Enomoto Y, Ota K, Ohchi Y, Ohno T, Ohbe H, Oka K, Okada N, Okada Y, Okano H, Okamoto J, Okuda H, Ogura T, Onodera Y, Oyama Y, Kainuma M, Kako E, Kashiura M, Kato H, Kanaya A, Kaneko T, Kanehata K, Kano K, Kawano H, Kikutani K, Kikuchi H, Kido T, Kimura S, Koami H, Kobashi D, Saiki I, Sakai M, Sakamoto A, Sato T, Shiga Y, Shimoto M, Shimoyama S, Shoko T, Sugawara Y, Sugita A, Suzuki S, Suzuki Y, Suhara T, Sonota K, Takauji S, Takashima K, Takahashi S, Takahashi Y, Takeshita J, Tanaka Y, Tampo A, Tsunoyama T, Tetsuhara K, Tokunaga K, Tomioka Y, Tomita K, Tominaga N, Toyosaki M, Toyoda Y, Naito H, Nagata I, Nagato T, Nakamura Y, Nakamori Y, Nahara I, Naraba H, Narita C, Nishioka N, Nishimura T, Nishiyama K, Nomura T, Haga T, Hagiwara Y, Hashimoto K, Hatachi T, Hamasaki T, Hayashi T, Hayashi M, Hayamizu A, Haraguchi G, Hirano Y, Fujii R, Fujita M, Fujimura N, Funakoshi H, Horiguchi M, Maki J, Masunaga N, Matsumura Y, Mayumi T, Minami K, Miyazaki Y, Miyamoto K, Murata T, Yanai M, Yano T, Yamada K, Yamada N, Yamamoto T, Yoshihiro S, Tanaka H, Nishida O. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020). Acute Med Surg 2021; 8:e659. [PMID: 34484801 PMCID: PMC8390911 DOI: 10.1002/ams2.659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created as revised from J-SSCG 2016 jointly by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, was first released in September 2020 and published in February 2021. An English-language version of these guidelines was created based on the contents of the original Japanese-language version. The purpose of this guideline is to assist medical staff in making appropriate decisions to improve the prognosis of patients undergoing treatment for sepsis and septic shock. We aimed to provide high-quality guidelines that are easy to use and understand for specialists, general clinicians, and multidisciplinary medical professionals. J-SSCG 2016 took up new subjects that were not present in SSCG 2016 (e.g., ICU-acquired weakness [ICU-AW], post-intensive care syndrome [PICS], and body temperature management). The J-SSCG 2020 covered a total of 22 areas with four additional new areas (patient- and family-centered care, sepsis treatment system, neuro-intensive treatment, and stress ulcers). A total of 118 important clinical issues (clinical questions, CQs) were extracted regardless of the presence or absence of evidence. These CQs also include those that have been given particular focus within Japan. This is a large-scale guideline covering multiple fields; thus, in addition to the 25 committee members, we had the participation and support of a total of 226 members who are professionals (physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, clinical engineers, and pharmacists) and medical workers with a history of sepsis or critical illness. The GRADE method was adopted for making recommendations, and the modified Delphi method was used to determine recommendations by voting from all committee members. As a result, 79 GRADE-based recommendations, 5 Good Practice Statements (GPS), 18 expert consensuses, 27 answers to background questions (BQs), and summaries of definitions and diagnosis of sepsis were created as responses to 118 CQs. We also incorporated visual information for each CQ according to the time course of treatment, and we will also distribute this as an app. The J-SSCG 2020 is expected to be widely used as a useful bedside guideline in the field of sepsis treatment both in Japan and overseas involving multiple disciplines.
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Vujaklija Brajković A, Košuta I, Tomek D, Rora M, Babel J, Rogić D, Lončar Vrančić A, Radonić R. Utility of procalcitonin in a medical intensive care unit in Croatia. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2020; 133:832-839. [PMID: 33025258 PMCID: PMC7538271 DOI: 10.1007/s00508-020-01747-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the clinical benefit of routine procalcitonin (PCT) measurement in the medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary referral hospital. METHODS Adult patients with suspected infections were included. White blood cells, C‑reactive protein (CRP), and PCT were measured. RESULTS In this study 129 patients of median age 64 years (interquartile range 39-89 years) were prospectively included. The Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores were 21 ± 14 and 7 ± 6, respectively. Intensive care unit (ICU) mortality was 22.5%. Immunocompromised patients constituted 39.5%. A significant correlation was observed between PCT and APACHE II (Spearman's rho 0.461, p < 0.01), PCT and SOFA (Spearman's rho 0.494, p < 0.01) and PCT and CRP (Spearman's rho 0.403, p < 0.01). Most patients (n = 83, 64.3%) received antibiotics before admission. No difference in PCT (1.56 ± 8 µg/L vs. 1.44 ± 13 µg/L, p = 0.6) was observed with respect to previous antibiotic therapy. Levels of PCT and CRP were significantly increased in patients with positive blood cultures, the infection caused by Gram-negative microorganism regardless of disease severity and pneumonia with complications. PCT did not differ among patients with positive vs negative urine culture (4.6 ± 16 µg/L vs. 1.76 ± 11.9 µg/L) or positive vs. negative endotracheal aspirate (1.93 ± 11.4 µg/L vs. 1.76 ± 1.11 µg/L). PCT-guided stewardship was applied in 36 patients (28%). CONCLUSION Increased initial PCT levels might point to the development of more severe disease caused by Gram-negative bacteria, regardless of previous antibiotic treatment. The results pertain to immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Implementation of PCT-guided stewardship in those patients is possible and relies on experience as well as knowledge of reference change value for a marker within the specific setting.
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- Ana Vujaklija Brajković
- Department of Internal Diseases, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Internal Diseases, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Crayton E, Richardson M, Fuller C, Smith C, Liu S, Forbes G, Anderson N, Shallcross L, Michie S, Hayward A, Lorencatto F. Interventions to improve appropriate antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a systematic review. BMC Geriatr 2020; 20:237. [PMID: 32646382 PMCID: PMC7350746 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01564-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to antimicrobial resistance; a growing public health threat. In long-term care facilities, levels of inappropriate prescribing are as high as 75%. Numerous interventions targeting long-term care facilities' antimicrobial stewardship have been reported with varying, and largely unexplained, effects. Therefore, this review aimed to apply behavioural science frameworks to specify the component behaviour change techniques of stewardship interventions in long-term care facilities and identify those components associated with improved outcomes. METHOD A systematic review (CRD42018103803) was conducted through electronic database searches. Two behavioural science frameworks, the Behaviour Change Wheel and Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy were used to classify intervention descriptions into intervention types and component behaviour change techniques used. Study design and outcome heterogeneity prevented meta-analysis and meta-regression. Interventions were categorised as 'very promising' (all outcomes statistically significant), 'quite promising' (some outcomes statistically significant), or 'not promising' (no outcomes statistically significant). 'Promise ratios' (PR) were calculated for identified intervention types and behaviour change techniques by dividing the number of (very or quite) promising interventions featuring the intervention type or behaviour change technique by the number of interventions featuring the intervention type or behaviour change technique that were not promising. Promising intervention types and behaviour change techniques were defined as those with a PR ≥ 2. RESULTS Twenty studies (of19 interventions) were included. Seven interventions (37%) were 'very promising', eight 'quite promising' (42%) and four 'not promising' (21%). Most promising intervention types were 'persuasion' (n = 12; promise ratio (PR) = 5.0), 'enablement' (n = 16; PR = 4.33) and 'education' (n = 19; PR = 3.75). Most promising behaviour change techniques were 'feedback on behaviour' (n = 9; PR = 8.0) and 'restructuring the social environment' (e.g. staff role changes; n = 8; PR = 7.0). CONCLUSION Systematic identification of the active ingredients of antimicrobial stewardship in long-term care facilities was facilitated through the application of behavioural science frameworks. Incorporating environmental restructuring and performance feedback may be promising intervention strategies for antimicrobial stewardship interventions within long-term care facilities.
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- Elise Crayton
- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- Institute of Education (IOE), University College London, London, WC1H 0NS, UK
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- Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, NW1 2DA, UK
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- Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, NW1 2DA, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
- Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), London, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, NW1 2DA, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
- Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), London, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Institute of Epidemiology & Health, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
- Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), London, BS8 2BN, UK
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Sartelli M, Pagani L, Iannazzo S, Moro ML, Viale P, Pan A, Ansaloni L, Coccolini F, D’Errico MM, Agreiter I, Amadio Nespola G, Barchiesi F, Benigni V, Binazzi R, Cappanera S, Chiodera A, Cola V, Corsi D, Cortese F, Crapis M, Cristini F, D’Arpino A, De Simone B, Di Bella S, Di Marzo F, Donati A, Elisei D, Fantoni M, Ferrari A, Foghetti D, Francisci D, Gattuso G, Giacometti A, Gesuelli GC, Marmorale C, Martini E, Meledandri M, Murri R, Padrini D, Palmieri D, Pauri P, Rebagliati C, Ricchizzi E, Sambri V, Schimizzi AM, Siquini W, Scoccia L, Scoppettuolo G, Sganga G, Storti N, Tavio M, Toccafondi G, Tumietto F, Viaggi B, Vivarelli M, Tranà C, Raso M, Labricciosa FM, Dhingra S, Catena F. A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway. World J Emerg Surg 2020; 15:13. [PMID: 32070390 PMCID: PMC7029591 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-020-00295-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting. This document represents the executive summary of the final statements approved by the expert panel.
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- Massimo Sartelli
- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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- Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, Emilia-Romagna Region–ASSR, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinics of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum”-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases, ASST di Cremona, Cremona, Italy
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- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Emergency Surgery Unit, New Santa Chiara Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Denis Burkitt, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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- Clinical Administration, Senigallia Hospital, ASUR Marche, Senigallia, AN Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Medicine, “S. Maria” Hospital, Terni, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Civitanova Marche Hospital, ASUR Marche, Civitanova Marche, MC Italy
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- Emergency Surgery and Trauma Care Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Pordenone Hospital, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy
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- Hospital Pharmacy Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Operative Unit of General Surgery, Azienda USL IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Trieste University Hospital, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Macerata Hospital, ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine Unit, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantua, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Biological Sciences and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University of Marche Region, Ancona, Italy
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- Hospital Hygiene Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Administration Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Senigallia Hospital, Senigallia, AN Italy
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- Regional Agency for Health and Social Care, Emilia-Romagna Region–ASSR, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Unit of Microbiology, The Great Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, Pievesestina, Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy
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- Unit of Hospital Pharmacy, Macerata Hospital, ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Emergency Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety Center, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinics of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum”-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR Marche, Macerata, Italy
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Emergency Surgery Department, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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Gregoriano C, Heilmann E, Molitor A, Schuetz P. Role of procalcitonin use in the management of sepsis. J Thorac Dis 2020; 12:S5-S15. [PMID: 32148921 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Important aspects of sepsis management include early diagnosis as well as timely and specific treatment in the first few hours of triage. However, diagnosis and differentiation from non-infectious causes often cause uncertainties and potential time delays. Correct use of antibiotics still represents a major challenge, leading to increased risk for opportunistic infections, resistances to multiple antimicrobial agents and toxic side effects, which in turn increase mortality and healthcare costs. Optimized procedures for reliable diagnosis and management of antibiotic therapy has great potential to improve patient care. Herein, biomarkers have been shown to improve infection diagnosis, help in early risk stratification and provide prognostic information which helps optimizing therapeutic decisions ("antibiotic stewardship"). In this context, the use of the blood infection marker procalcitonin (PCT) has gained much attention. There is still no gold standard for the detection of sepsis and use of conventional diagnostic approaches are restricted by some limitations. Therefore, additional tests are necessary to enable early and reliable diagnosis. PCT has good discriminatory properties to differentiate between bacterial and viral inflammations with rapidly available results. Further, PCT adds to risk stratification and prognostication, which may influence appropriate use of health-care resources and therapeutic options. PCT kinetics over time also improves the monitoring of critically ill patients with sepsis and thus influences decisions regarding de-escalation of antibiotics. Most importantly, PCT helps in guiding antibiotic use in patients with respiratory infection and sepsis by limiting initiation and by shortening treatment duration. To date, PCT is the best studied biomarker regarding antibiotic stewardship. Still, further research is needed to understand optimal use of PCT, also in combination with other remerging diagnostic tests for most efficient sepsis care.
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- Claudia Gregoriano
- Medical University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Procalcitonin is a biomarker that is generally elevated in bacterial infections. This review describes a conceptual framework for biomarkers using lessons from the history of troponin, applies this framework to procalcitonin with a review of observational studies and randomized trials in and out of the intensive care unit, and concludes with clinical recommendations and thoughts on how to test a test.
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Voermans AM, Mewes JC, Broyles MR, Steuten LMG. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Procalcitonin-Guided Decision Algorithm for Antibiotic Stewardship Using Real-World U.S. Hospital Data. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2019; 23:508-515. [PMID: 31509068 PMCID: PMC6806362 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2019.0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Medical decision-making is revolutionizing with the introduction of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Yet, traditional algorithms using biomarkers to optimize drug treatment continue to be important and necessary. In this context, early diagnosis and rational antimicrobial therapy of sepsis and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are vital to prevent morbidity and mortality. In this study we report an original cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of using a procalcitonin (PCT)-based decision algorithm to guide antibiotic prescription for hospitalized sepsis and LRTI patients versus standard care. We conducted a CEA using a decision-tree model before and after the implementation of PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship (ABS) using real-world U.S. hospital-specific data. The CEA included societal and hospital perspectives with the time horizon covering the length of hospital stay. The main outcomes were average total costs per patient, and numbers of patients with Clostridium difficile and antibiotic resistance (ABR) infections. We found that health care with the PCT decision algorithm for hospitalized sepsis and LRTI patients resulted in shorter length of stay, reduced antibiotic use, fewer mechanical ventilation days, and lower numbers of patients with C. difficile and ABR infections. The PCT-guided health care resulted in cost savings of $25,611 (49% reduction from standard care) for sepsis and $3630 (23% reduction) for LRTI, on average per patient. In conclusion, the PCT decision algorithm for ABS in sepsis and LRTI might offer cost savings in comparison with standard care in a U.S. hospital context. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first health economic analysis on PCT implementation using U.S. real-world data. We suggest that future CEA studies in other U.S. and worldwide settings are warranted in the current age when PCT and other decision algorithms are increasingly deployed in precision therapeutics and evidence-based medicine.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Laboratory Services, Pocahontas, Five Rivers Medical Center, Arkansas
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Ineffectiveness of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in severely critically ill patients: A meta-analysis. Int J Infect Dis 2019; 85:158-166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pepper DJ, Sun J, Rhee C, Welsh J, Powers JH, Danner RL, Kadri SS. Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Discontinuation and Mortality in Critically Ill Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Chest 2019; 155:1109-1118. [PMID: 30772386 PMCID: PMC6607427 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic discontinuation appears to decrease antibiotic use in critically ill patients, but its impact on survival remains less certain. METHODS We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and CENTRAL for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation in critically ill adults reporting survival or antibiotic duration. Searches were conducted without language restrictions from inception to July 23, 2018. Two reviewers independently conducted all review stages; another adjudicated differences. Data were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Study quality was assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias tool, and evidence was graded using GRADEpro. RESULTS Among critically ill adults (5,158 randomized; 5,000 analyzed), PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation was associated with decreased mortality (16 RCTs; risk ratio [RR], 0.89; 95% CI, 0.83-0.97; I2 = 0%; low certainty). Death was the primary outcome in only one study and a survival benefit was not observed in the subset specified as sepsis (10 RCTs; RR, 0.94; 95% CI, 0.85-1.03; I2 = 0%), those without industry sponsorship (nine RCTs; RR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.87-1.10; I2 = 0%), high PCT-guided algorithm adherence (five RCTs; RR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.71-1.22; I2 = 0%), and PCT-guided algorithms without C-reactive protein (eight RCTs; RR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.87-1.06; I2 = 0%). PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation decreased antibiotic duration (mean difference, 1.31 days; 95% CI, -2.27 to -0.35; I2 = 93%) (low certainty). CONCLUSIONS Our findings of increased survival and decreased antibiotic utilization associated with PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation represent low-certainty evidence with a high risk of bias. This relationship was primarily observed in studies without high protocol adherence and in studies with algorithms combining PCT and C-reactive protein. Properly designed studies with mortality as the primary outcome are needed to address this question. TRIAL REGISTRY International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO); No.: CRD42016049715; URL: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO_REBRANDING/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42016049715.
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- Dominique J Pepper
- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA
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- National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Clinical Research Directorate/Clinical Monitoring Research Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., NCI Campus at Frederick, Frederick, MD
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Lehot JJ, Clec’h C, Bonhomme F, Brauner M, Chemouni F, de Mesmay M, Gayat E, Guidet B, Hejblum G, Hernu R, Jauréguy F, Martin C, Rousson R, Samama M, Schwebel C, Van de Putte H, Lemiale V, Ausset S. Pertinence de la prescription des examens biologiques et de la radiographie thoracique en réanimation RFE commune SFAR-SRLF. MEDECINE INTENSIVE REANIMATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3166/rea-2018-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Jeon K, Suh JK, Jang EJ, Cho S, Ryu HG, Na S, Hong SB, Lee HJ, Kim JY, Lee SM. Procalcitonin-Guided Treatment on Duration of Antibiotic Therapy and Cost in Septic Patients (PRODA): a Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. J Korean Med Sci 2019; 34:e110. [PMID: 30977312 PMCID: PMC6460106 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to establish the efficacy and safety of procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic discontinuation in critically ill patients with sepsis in a country with a high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and a national health insurance system. METHODS In a multi-center randomized controlled trial, patients were randomly assigned to a PCT group (stopping antibiotics based on a predefined cut-off range of PCT) or a control group. The primary end-point was antibiotic duration. We also performed a cost-minimization analysis of PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation. RESULTS The two groups (23 in the PCT group and 29 in the control group) had similar demographic and clinical characteristics except for need for renal replacement therapy on ICU admission (46% vs. 14%; P = 0.010). In the per-protocol analysis, the median duration of antibiotic treatment for sepsis was 4 days shorter in the PCT group than the control group (8 days; interquartile range [IQR], 6-10 days vs. 14 days; IQR, 12-21 days; P = 0.001). However, main secondary outcomes, such as clinical cure, 28-day mortality, hospital mortality, and ICU and hospital stays were not different between the two groups. In cost evaluation, PCT-guided therapy decreased antibiotic costs by USD 30 (USD 241 in the PCT group vs. USD 270 in the control group). The results of the intention-to-treat analysis were similar to those obtained for the per-protocol analysis. CONCLUSION PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation in critically ill patients with sepsis could reduce the duration of antibiotic use and its costs with no apparent adverse outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02202941.
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- Kyeongman Jeon
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
- Department of Information Statistics, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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- National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Kip MMA, van Oers JA, Shajiei A, Beishuizen A, Berghuis AMS, Girbes AR, de Jong E, de Lange DW, Nijsten MWN, IJzerman MJ, Koffijberg H, Kusters R. Cost-effectiveness of procalcitonin testing to guide antibiotic treatment duration in critically ill patients: results from a randomised controlled multicentre trial in the Netherlands. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2018; 22:293. [PMID: 30424796 PMCID: PMC6234639 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2234-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT) testing can help in safely reducing antibiotic treatment duration in intensive care patients with sepsis. However, the cost-effectiveness of such PCT guidance is not yet known. METHODS A trial-based analysis was performed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of PCT guidance compared with standard of care (without PCT guidance). Patient-level data were used from the SAPS trial in which 1546 patients were randomised. This trial was performed in the Netherlands, which is a country with, on average, low antibiotic use and a short duration of hospital stay. As quality of life among sepsis survivors was not measured during the SAPS, this was derived from a Dutch follow-up study. Outcome measures were (1) incremental direct hospital cost and (2) incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained from a healthcare perspective over a one-year time horizon. Uncertainty in outcomes was assessed with bootstrapping. RESULTS Mean in-hospital costs were €46,081/patient in the PCT group compared with €46,146/patient with standard of care (i.e. - €65 (95% CI - €6314 to €6107); - 0.1%). The duration of the first course of antibiotic treatment was lower in the PCT group with 6.9 vs. 8.2 days (i.e. - 1.2 days (95% CI - 1.9 to - 0.4), - 14.8%). This was accompanied by lower in-hospital mortality of 21.8% vs. 29.8% (absolute decrease 7.9% (95% CI - 13.9% to - 1.8%), relative decrease 26.6%), resulting in an increase in mean QALYs/patient from 0.47 to 0.52 (i.e. + 0.05 (95% CI 0.00 to 0.10); + 10.1%). However, owing to high costs among sepsis survivors, healthcare costs over a one-year time horizon were €73,665/patient in the PCT group compared with €70,961/patient with standard of care (i.e. + €2704 (95% CI - €4495 to €10,005), + 3.8%), resulting in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of €57,402/QALY gained. Within this time frame, the probability of PCT guidance being cost-effective was 64% at a willingness-to-pay threshold of €80,000/QALY. CONCLUSIONS Although the impact of PCT guidance on total healthcare-related costs during the initial hospitalisation episode is likely negligible, the lower in-hospital mortality may lead to a non-significant increase in costs over a one-year time horizon. However, since uncertainty remains, it is recommended to investigate the long-term cost-effectiveness of PCT guidance, from a societal perspective, in different countries and settings.
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- Michelle M A Kip
- Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Elisabeth-Tweesteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Intensive Care, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands.,Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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Wirz Y, Meier MA, Bouadma L, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Annane D, Reinhart K, Damas P, Nijsten M, Shajiei A, deLange DW, Deliberato RO, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, van Oers JAH, Beishuizen A, Girbes ARJ, de Jong E, Mueller B, Schuetz P. Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on clinical outcomes in intensive care unit patients with infection and sepsis patients: a patient-level meta-analysis of randomized trials. Crit Care 2018; 22:191. [PMID: 30111341 PMCID: PMC6092799 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2125-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The clinical utility of serum procalcitonin levels in guiding antibiotic treatment decisions in patients with sepsis remains unclear. This patient-level meta-analysis based on 11 randomized trials investigates the impact of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy on mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with infection, both overall and stratified according to sepsis definition, severity, and type of infection. METHODS For this meta-analysis focusing on procalcitonin-guided antibiotic management in critically ill patients with sepsis of any type, in February 2018 we updated the database of a previous individual patient data meta-analysis which was limited to patients with respiratory infections only. We used individual patient data from 11 trials that randomly assigned patients to receive antibiotics based on procalcitonin levels (the "procalcitonin-guided" group) or the current standard of care (the "controls"). The primary endpoint was mortality within 30 days. Secondary endpoints were duration of antibiotic treatment and length of stay. RESULTS Mortality in the 2252 procalcitonin-guided patients was significantly lower compared with the 2230 control group patients (21.1% vs 23.7%; adjusted odds ratio 0.89, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8 to 0.99; p = 0.03). These effects on mortality persisted in a subgroup of patients meeting the sepsis 3 definition and based on the severity of sepsis (assessed on the basis of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, occurrence of septic shock or renal failure, and need for vasopressor or ventilatory support) and on the type of infection (respiratory, urinary tract, abdominal, skin, or central nervous system), with interaction for each analysis being > 0.05. Procalcitonin guidance also facilitated earlier discontinuation of antibiotics, with a reduction in treatment duration (9.3 vs 10.4 days; adjusted coefficient -1.19 days, 95% CI -1.73 to -0.66; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment in ICU patients with infection and sepsis patients results in improved survival and lower antibiotic treatment duration.
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- Yannick Wirz
- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Université Paris 6-Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Université Paris 6-Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris, France
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- Département d’Epidémiologie Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Krankenhaus Dueren, Dueren, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Critical Care Department, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Garches, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of General Intensive Care, University Hospital of Liege, Domaine universitaire de Liège, Liege, Belgium
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- University Medical Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Critical Care Research, Critical Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Schuetz P, Bolliger R, Merker M, Christ-Crain M, Stolz D, Tamm M, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Reinhart K, Branche A, Damas P, Nijsten M, Deliberato RO, Verduri A, Beghé B, Cao B, Shehabi Y, Jensen JUS, Beishuizen A, de Jong E, Briel M, Welte T, Mueller B. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy algorithms for different types of acute respiratory infections based on previous trials. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2018; 16:555-564. [PMID: 29969320 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1496331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Although evidence indicates that use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic decisions for the treatment of acute respiratory infections (ARI) decreases antibiotic consumption and improves clinical outcomes, algorithms used within studies had differences in PCT cut-off points and frequency of testing. We therefore analyzed studies evaluating procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy and propose consensus algorithms for different respiratory infection types. Areas covered: We systematically searched randomized-controlled trials (search strategy updated on February 2018) on procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy of ARI in adults using a pre-specified Cochrane protocol and analyzed algorithms from 32 trials that included 10,285 patients treated in primary care settings, emergency departments (ED), and intensive care units (ICU). We derived consensus algorithms for use of procalcitonin by the type of ARI including community-acquired pneumonia, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma exacerbation, sepsis, and post-operative sepsis due to respiratory infection. Consensus algorithm recommendations differ with regard to timing of treatment (i.e. timing of initiation in low-risk patients or discontinuation in high-risk patients) and procalcitonin cut-off points for the recommendation/strong recommendation to discontinue antibiotics (≤ 0.25/≤ 0.1 µg/L in ED and inpatients, ≤ 0.5/≤ 0.25 µg/L in ICU patients, and reduction by ≥ 80% from peak levels in sepsis patients). Expert commentary: Our proposed algorithms may facilitate safe and efficient implementation of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic protocols in diverse healthcare settings. Still, the decision about initiation and cessation of antibiotic treatment remains a clinical decision based on the patient assessment and the severity of illness and use of procalcitonin should not delay empirical treatment in high risk situations.
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- Philipp Schuetz
- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,b Medical University Department , Kantonsspital Aarau , Aarau , Switzerland
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- b Medical University Department , Kantonsspital Aarau , Aarau , Switzerland
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- b Medical University Department , Kantonsspital Aarau , Aarau , Switzerland
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- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,c Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition , University Hospital Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,d Clinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell Research , University Hospital Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,d Clinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell Research , University Hospital Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- e Service de Réanimation Médicale , Université Paris 6-Pierre-et-Marie-Curie , Paris , France
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- f Service de Réanimation Médicale , Université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot , Paris , France
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- g Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine , Krankenhaus Dueren , Dueren , Germany
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- h Department of Intensive Care , Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil
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- i Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine , Jena University Hospital , Jena , Germany
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- j National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Respiratory Pathogen Research Center , University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester , NY , USA
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- k Department of General Intensive Care , University Hospital of Liege, Domaine universitaire de Liège , Liege , Belgium
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- l University Medical Centre , University of Groningen , Groningen , Netherlands
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- n Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , University Polyclinic of Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Modena , Italy
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- n Section of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , University Polyclinic of Modena, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Modena , Italy
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- o Center for Respiratory Diseases;Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine , China-Japan Friendship Hospital , Beijing , China
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- p School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences , Monash University , Melbourne , Australia.,q Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine , Monash Health , Melbourne , Australia
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- r CHIP & PERSIMUNE, Department of Infectious Diseases , Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.,s Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Section , Herlev-Gentofte Hospital , Hellerup , Denmark
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- t Department of Intensive Care , Medisch Spectrum Twente , Enschede , the Netherlands
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- u Department of Intensive Care , VUmc University Medical Center , Amsterdam , the Netherlands
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- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,v Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research , University Hospital Basel , Basel , Switzerland
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- w Department of Pulmonary Medicine , Medizinische Hochschule Hannover , Hannover , Germany
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- a Faculty of Medicine , University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland.,b Medical University Department , Kantonsspital Aarau , Aarau , Switzerland
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Efficacy and Safety of Procalcitonin Guidance in Patients With Suspected or Confirmed Sepsis. Crit Care Med 2018; 46:691-698. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000002928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nishida O, Ogura H, Egi M, Fujishima S, Hayashi Y, Iba T, Imaizumi H, Inoue S, Kakihana Y, Kotani J, Kushimoto S, Masuda Y, Matsuda N, Matsushima A, Nakada TA, Nakagawa S, Nunomiya S, Sadahiro T, Shime N, Yatabe T, Hara Y, Hayashida K, Kondo Y, Sumi Y, Yasuda H, Aoyama K, Azuhata T, Doi K, Doi M, Fujimura N, Fuke R, Fukuda T, Goto K, Hasegawa R, Hashimoto S, Hatakeyama J, Hayakawa M, Hifumi T, Higashibeppu N, Hirai K, Hirose T, Ide K, Kaizuka Y, Kan’o T, Kawasaki T, Kuroda H, Matsuda A, Matsumoto S, Nagae M, Onodera M, Ohnuma T, Oshima K, Saito N, Sakamoto S, Sakuraya M, Sasano M, Sato N, Sawamura A, Shimizu K, Shirai K, Takei T, Takeuchi M, Takimoto K, Taniguchi T, Tatsumi H, Tsuruta R, Yama N, Yamakawa K, Yamashita C, Yamashita K, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Oda S. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016). J Intensive Care 2018; 6:7. [PMID: 29435330 PMCID: PMC5797365 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-017-0270-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created jointly by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, was first released in February 2017 and published in the Journal of JSICM, [2017; Volume 24 (supplement 2)] 10.3918/jsicm.24S0001 and Journal of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine [2017; Volume 28, (supplement 1)] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jja2.2017.28.issue-S1/issuetoc.This abridged English edition of the J-SSCG 2016 was produced with permission from the Japanese Association of Acute Medicine and the Japanese Society for Intensive Care Medicine. METHODS Members of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine were selected and organized into 19 committee members and 52 working group members. The guidelines were prepared in accordance with the Medical Information Network Distribution Service (Minds) creation procedures. The Academic Guidelines Promotion Team was organized to oversee and provide academic support to the respective activities allocated to each Guideline Creation Team. To improve quality assurance and workflow transparency, a mutual peer review system was established, and discussions within each team were open to the public. Public comments were collected once after the initial formulation of a clinical question (CQ) and twice during the review of the final draft. Recommendations were determined to have been adopted after obtaining support from a two-thirds (> 66.6%) majority vote of each of the 19 committee members. RESULTS A total of 87 CQs were selected among 19 clinical areas, including pediatric topics and several other important areas not covered in the first edition of the Japanese guidelines (J-SSCG 2012). The approval rate obtained through committee voting, in addition to ratings of the strengths of the recommendation, and its supporting evidence were also added to each recommendation statement. We conducted meta-analyses for 29 CQs. Thirty-seven CQs contained recommendations in the form of an expert consensus due to insufficient evidence. No recommendations were provided for five CQs. CONCLUSIONS Based on the evidence gathered, we were able to formulate Japanese-specific clinical practice guidelines that are tailored to the Japanese context in a highly transparent manner. These guidelines can easily be used not only by specialists, but also by non-specialists, general clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, clinical engineers, and other healthcare professionals.
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- Osamu Nishida
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192 Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of anesthesiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Center for General Medicine Education, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Advancing Acute Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192 Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Healthcare New Frontier Promotion Headquarters Office, Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Departmen of Acute Medicine, Nihon university school of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Acute Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, St. Mary’s Hospital, Westminster, UK
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Mito Clinical Education and Training Center, Tsukuba University Hospital, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, Mito, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, Miki, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe City Hospital Organization, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kumamoto Red cross Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency & ICU, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Emergency & Critical Care Medicine Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Obihiro Kosei Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Inzai, Japan
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of anesthesiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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- Shock and Trauma Center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Inzai, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Hatsukaichi, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nakagami Hospital, Uruma, Japan
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- Department of Aeromedical Services for Emergency and Trauma Care, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Division of Acute and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency and Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192 Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Nishida O, Ogura H, Egi M, Fujishima S, Hayashi Y, Iba T, Imaizumi H, Inoue S, Kakihana Y, Kotani J, Kushimoto S, Masuda Y, Matsuda N, Matsushima A, Nakada T, Nakagawa S, Nunomiya S, Sadahiro T, Shime N, Yatabe T, Hara Y, Hayashida K, Kondo Y, Sumi Y, Yasuda H, Aoyama K, Azuhata T, Doi K, Doi M, Fujimura N, Fuke R, Fukuda T, Goto K, Hasegawa R, Hashimoto S, Hatakeyama J, Hayakawa M, Hifumi T, Higashibeppu N, Hirai K, Hirose T, Ide K, Kaizuka Y, Kan'o T, Kawasaki T, Kuroda H, Matsuda A, Matsumoto S, Nagae M, Onodera M, Ohnuma T, Oshima K, Saito N, Sakamoto S, Sakuraya M, Sasano M, Sato N, Sawamura A, Shimizu K, Shirai K, Takei T, Takeuchi M, Takimoto K, Taniguchi T, Tatsumi H, Tsuruta R, Yama N, Yamakawa K, Yamashita C, Yamashita K, Yoshida T, Tanaka H, Oda S. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016). Acute Med Surg 2018; 5:3-89. [PMID: 29445505 PMCID: PMC5797842 DOI: 10.1002/ams2.322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background and Purpose The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2016 (J-SSCG 2016), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis and septic shock created jointly by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, was first released in February 2017 in Japanese. An English-language version of these guidelines was created based on the contents of the original Japanese-language version. Methods Members of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine were selected and organized into 19 committee members and 52 working group members. The guidelines were prepared in accordance with the Medical Information Network Distribution Service (Minds) creation procedures. The Academic Guidelines Promotion Team was organized to oversee and provide academic support to the respective activities allocated to each Guideline Creation Team. To improve quality assurance and workflow transparency, a mutual peer review system was established, and discussions within each team were open to the public. Public comments were collected once after the initial formulation of a clinical question (CQ), and twice during the review of the final draft. Recommendations were determined to have been adopted after obtaining support from a two-thirds (>66.6%) majority vote of each of the 19 committee members. Results A total of 87 CQs were selected among 19 clinical areas, including pediatric topics and several other important areas not covered in the first edition of the Japanese guidelines (J-SSCG 2012). The approval rate obtained through committee voting, in addition to ratings of the strengths of the recommendation and its supporting evidence were also added to each recommendation statement. We conducted meta-analyses for 29 CQs. Thirty seven CQs contained recommendations in the form of an expert consensus due to insufficient evidence. No recommendations were provided for 5 CQs. Conclusions Based on the evidence gathered, we were able to formulate Japanese-specific clinical practice guidelines that are tailored to the Japanese context in a highly transparent manner. These guidelines can easily be used not only by specialists, but also by non-specialists, general clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, clinical engineers, and other healthcare professionals.
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Huang HB, Peng JM, Weng L, Wang CY, Jiang W, Du B. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intensive Care 2017; 7:114. [PMID: 29168046 PMCID: PMC5700008 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-017-0338-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration is used to guide antibiotic decisions in choice, timing, and duration of anti-infection therapy to avoid antibiotic overuse. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to seek evidence of different PCT-guided antimicrobial strategies for critically ill patients in terms of predefined clinical outcomes. Methods We searched for relevant studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Knowledge, and the Cochrane Library up to 25 February 2017. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included if they reported data on any of the predefined outcomes in adult ICU patients managed with a PCT-guided algorithm or according to standard care. Results were expressed as risk ratio (RR) or mean difference (MD) with accompanying 95% confidence interval (CI). Data synthesis We included 13 trials enrolling 5136 patients. These studies used PCT in three clinical strategies: initiation, discontinuation, or combination of antibiotic initiation and discontinuation strategies. Pooled analysis showed a PCT-guided antibiotic discontinuation strategy had fewer total days with antibiotics (MD − 1.66 days; 95% CI − 2.36 to − 0.96 days), longer antibiotic-free days (MD 2.26 days; 95% CI 1.40–3.12 days), and lower short-term mortality (RR 0.87; 95% CI 0.76–0.98), without adversely affecting other outcomes. Only few studies reported data on other PCT-guided strategies for antibiotic therapies, and the pooled results showed no benefit in the predefined outcomes. Conclusions Our meta-analysis produced evidence that among all the PCT-based strategies, only using PCT for antibiotic discontinuation can reduce both antibiotic exposure and short-term mortality in a critical care setting. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13613-017-0338-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hui-Bin Huang
- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.,Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
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Schuetz P, Wirz Y, Sager R, Christ‐Crain M, Stolz D, Tamm M, Bouadma L, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Kristoffersen KB, Burkhardt O, Welte T, Schroeder S, Nobre V, Wei L, Bucher HCC, Bhatnagar N, Annane D, Reinhart K, Branche A, Damas P, Nijsten M, de Lange DW, Deliberato RO, Lima SSS, Maravić‐Stojković V, Verduri A, Cao B, Shehabi Y, Beishuizen A, Jensen JS, Corti C, Van Oers JA, Falsey AR, de Jong E, Oliveira CF, Beghe B, Briel M, Mueller B. Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017; 10:CD007498. [PMID: 29025194 PMCID: PMC6485408 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007498.pub3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) comprise of a large and heterogeneous group of infections including bacterial, viral, and other aetiologies. In recent years, procalcitonin (PCT), a blood marker for bacterial infections, has emerged as a promising tool to improve decisions about antibiotic therapy (PCT-guided antibiotic therapy). Several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated the feasibility of using procalcitonin for starting and stopping antibiotics in different patient populations with ARIs and different settings ranging from primary care settings to emergency departments, hospital wards, and intensive care units. However, the effect of using procalcitonin on clinical outcomes is unclear. This is an update of a Cochrane review and individual participant data meta-analysis first published in 2012 designed to look at the safety of PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship. OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review based on individual participant data was to assess the safety and efficacy of using procalcitonin for starting or stopping antibiotics over a large range of patients with varying severity of ARIs and from different clinical settings. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), which contains the Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group's Specialised Register, MEDLINE, and Embase, in February 2017, to identify suitable trials. We also searched ClinicalTrials.gov to identify ongoing trials in April 2017. SELECTION CRITERIA We included RCTs of adult participants with ARIs who received an antibiotic treatment either based on a procalcitonin algorithm (PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship algorithm) or usual care. We excluded trials if they focused exclusively on children or used procalcitonin for a purpose other than to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two teams of review authors independently evaluated the methodology and extracted data from primary studies. The primary endpoints were all-cause mortality and treatment failure at 30 days, for which definitions were harmonised among trials. Secondary endpoints were antibiotic use, antibiotic-related side effects, and length of hospital stay. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using multivariable hierarchical logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, and clinical diagnosis using a fixed-effect model. The different trials were added as random-effects into the model. We conducted sensitivity analyses stratified by clinical setting and type of ARI. We also performed an aggregate data meta-analysis. MAIN RESULTS From 32 eligible RCTs including 18 new trials for this 2017 update, we obtained individual participant data from 26 trials including 6708 participants, which we included in the main individual participant data meta-analysis. We did not obtain individual participant data for four trials, and two trials did not include people with confirmed ARIs. According to GRADE, the quality of the evidence was high for the outcomes mortality and antibiotic exposure, and quality was moderate for the outcomes treatment failure and antibiotic-related side effects.Primary endpoints: there were 286 deaths in 3336 procalcitonin-guided participants (8.6%) compared to 336 in 3372 controls (10.0%), resulting in a significantly lower mortality associated with procalcitonin-guided therapy (adjusted OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.99, P = 0.037). We could not estimate mortality in primary care trials because only one death was reported in a control group participant. Treatment failure was not significantly lower in procalcitonin-guided participants (23.0% versus 24.9% in the control group, adjusted OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.80 to 1.01, P = 0.068). Results were similar among subgroups by clinical setting and type of respiratory infection, with no evidence for effect modification (P for interaction > 0.05). Secondary endpoints: procalcitonin guidance was associated with a 2.4-day reduction in antibiotic exposure (5.7 versus 8.1 days, 95% CI -2.71 to -2.15, P < 0.001) and lower risk of antibiotic-related side effects (16.3% versus 22.1%, adjusted OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.82, P < 0.001). Length of hospital stay and intensive care unit stay were similar in both groups. A sensitivity aggregate-data analysis based on all 32 eligible trials showed similar results. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS This updated meta-analysis of individual participant data from 12 countries shows that the use of procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment results in lower risks of mortality, lower antibiotic consumption, and lower risk for antibiotic-related side effects. Results were similar for different clinical settings and types of ARIs, thus supporting the use of procalcitonin in the context of antibiotic stewardship in people with ARIs. Future high-quality research is needed to confirm the results in immunosuppressed patients and patients with non-respiratory infections.
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- Philipp Schuetz
- Kantonsspital AarauMedical University DepartmentAarauSwitzerland
- Kantonsspital AarauDepartment of Endocrinology/Metabolism/Clinical Nutrition, Department of Internal MedicineAarauSwitzerland
- University of BaselMedical FacultyBaselSwitzerland
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- Kantonsspital AarauMedical University DepartmentAarauSwitzerland
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- Kantonsspital AarauMedical University DepartmentAarauSwitzerland
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- University Hospital Basel, University of BaselClinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical ResearchPetersgraben 4BaselSwitzerlandCH‐4031
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- University Hospital BaselClinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell ResearchPetersgraben 4BaselSwitzerlandCH‐4031
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- University Hospital BaselClinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell ResearchPetersgraben 4BaselSwitzerlandCH‐4031
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- Hôpital Bichat‐Claude Bernard, Université Paris 7‐Denis‐DiderotService de Réanimation MédicaleParisFrance
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- Groupe Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6‐Pierre‐et‐Marie‐CurieService de Réanimation MédicaleParisFrance
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- Université Paris 7‐Denis‐DiderotService de Réanimation MédicaleHôpital Bichat‐Claude‐BernardAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de Paris (AP‐HP)ParisFrance
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- Université Paris 6‐Pierre‐et‐Marie‐CurieService de Réanimation MédicaleHôpital Pitié?Salpêtrière (AP‐HP)ParisFrance
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- Santé Publique et Information Médicale, AP‐HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié‐Salpêtrière Charles‐Foix, INSERM CIC‐P 1421, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06Département BiostatistiqueParisFrance
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- Aarhus University HospitalDepartment of Infectious DiseasesSkejbyBrendstrupgaardvej 100Aarhus NDenmark8200
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- Medizinische Hochschule HannoverDepartment of Pulmonary MedicineCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 1HannoverNiedersachsenGermany30625
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- Medizinische Hochschule HannoverDepartment of Pulmonary MedicineCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 1HannoverNiedersachsenGermany30625
- German Center for Lung Reearch (DZL)Aulweg 130GießenGermany35392
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- Krankenhaus DuerenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care MedicineDuerenGermany
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- Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of MedicineMinas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital (East campus)Department of Internal and Geriatric MedicineShanghaiChina
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- University Hospital Basel and University of BaselBasel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical ResearchPetersgraben 4BaselSwitzerlandCH‐4031
- University Hospital BaselMedical FacultyBaselSwitzerland
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- McMaster UniversityDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics1200 Main Street WestHamiltonONCanadaL8N 3Z5
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- Center for Neuromuscular Diseases; Raymond Poincaré Hospital (AP‐HP)Department of Critical Care, Hyperbaric Medicine and Home Respiratory UnitFaculty of Health Sciences Simone Veil, University of Versailles SQY‐ University of Paris Saclay104 Boulevard Raymond PoincaréGarchesFrance92380
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- Jena University HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care MedicineErlanger Allee 101JenaGermany07747
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- University of Rochester School of MedicineDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious DiseasesRochesterNYUSA
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- University Hospital of Liege, Domaine universitaire de LiègeDepartment of General Intensive CareLiegeBelgium
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- University of GroningenUniversity Medical CentreGroningenNetherlands
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- University Medical Center UtrechtDepartment of Intensive CareHeidelberglaan 100UtrechtNetherlands3584 CX
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- Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisGraduate Program in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of MedicineBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico di ModenaModenaItaly
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- China‐Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Capital Medical UniversityCenter for Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineBeijingChina
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- Monash HealthCritical Care and Peri‐operative MedicineMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
- Monash UniversitySchool of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health SciencesMelbourneVictoriaAustralia
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg og FrederiksbergDepartment of Respiratory MedicineBispebjerg BakkeCopenhagen NVCapitol RegionDenmarkDK 2400
- Rigshospitalet, University of CopenhagenCHIP, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, FinsencentretBlegdamsvej 9, DK‐2100CopenhagenDenmarkDK‐2100
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg og FrederiksbergDepartment of Respiratory MedicineBispebjerg BakkeCopenhagen NVCapitol RegionDenmarkDK 2400
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- Elisabeth Tweesteden ZiekenhuisIntensive Care UnitTilburgNetherlands5022 GC
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- University of Rochester School of MedicineDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious DiseasesRochesterNYUSA
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- VU University Medical CenterDepartment of Intensive CareAmsterdamNetherlands1081HV
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- Federal University of Minas GeraisDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of MedcineBelo HorizonteBrazil31130‐100
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- AOU Policlinico di ModenaDepartment of Medical and Surgical SciencesModernaItaly41124
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- University of BaselMedical FacultyBaselSwitzerland
- University Hospital Basel and University of BaselBasel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical ResearchPetersgraben 4BaselSwitzerlandCH‐4031
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- Kantonsspital AarauMedical University DepartmentAarauSwitzerland
- Kantonsspital AarauDepartment of Endocrinology/Metabolism/Clinical Nutrition, Department of Internal MedicineAarauSwitzerland
- University of BaselMedical FacultyBaselSwitzerland
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Zhang T, Wang Y, Yang Q, Dong Y. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill adults: a meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis 2017; 17:514. [PMID: 28738787 PMCID: PMC5525369 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2622-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background As a novel biomarker of inflammation, procalcitonin (PCT) has proven useful to guide antibiotic therapy in intensive care unit (ICU). However, there are controversial on mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of PCT-guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill adults and determine whether studies are sufficient. Methods A systematic search in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane was performed. We included only randomized controlled trials which compared the safety and efficacy between PCT-guided or standard antibiotic therapy groups in ICU adults. Trial sequential analysis and GARDE approach were performed. Results Fifteen studies met our criteria for inclusion finally, with a cumulative number of 5486 ICU patients. There was no difference in 28-day mortality between two compared groups (P = 0.626), but significant decreases were observed in the duration of antibiotic therapy for the first episode of infection (P < 0.001) and length of hospitalization (P = 0.049). No significant deference was found in secondary endpoints except total duration of antibiotic therapy (P < 0.001). TSA revealed that the pooled sample sizes of 28-day mortality and the duration of antibiotic therapy for the first episode of infection exceeded the estimated required information size, but not the length of hospitalization. Conclusions PCT-guided therapy is a better and safer algorithm to be applied into ICU patients, which appears no effect on 28-day mortality while performing preferable utility in reducing the duration of antibiotic therapy for the first episode of infection. More studies on these endpoints were not recommended. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2622-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tao Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.
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Nora D, Salluh J, Martin-Loeches I, Póvoa P. Biomarker-guided antibiotic therapy-strengths and limitations. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2017; 5:208. [PMID: 28603723 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2017.04.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Biomarkers as C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) emerged as tools to help clinicians to diagnose infection and to properly initiate and define the duration of antibiotic therapy. Several randomized controlled trials, including adult critically ill patients, showed that PCT-guided antibiotic stewardship was repeatedly associated with a decrease in the duration of antibiotic therapy with no apparent harm. There are however some relevant limitations in these trials namely the low rate of compliance of PCT-guided algorithms, the high rate of exclusion (without including common clinical situations and pathogens) and the long duration of antibiotic therapy in control groups. Such limitations weakened the real impact of such algorithms in the clinical decision-making process and strengthened the concept that the initiation and the duration of antibiotic therapy cannot depend solely on a biomarker. Future efforts should address these limitations in order to better clarify the role of biomarkers on the complex and multifactorial issue of antibiotic management and to deeply understand its potential effect on mortality.
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- David Nora
- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal.,NOVA Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- St. James's University Hospital, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland.,Irish Center for Vascular Biology, Dublin, Ireland
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- NOVA Medical School, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.,Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal
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Davey P, Marwick CA, Scott CL, Charani E, McNeil K, Brown E, Gould IM, Ramsay CR, Michie S. Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017; 2:CD003543. [PMID: 28178770 PMCID: PMC6464541 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003543.pub4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Antibiotic resistance is a major public health problem. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are associated with prolonged hospital stay and death compared with infections caused by susceptible bacteria. Appropriate antibiotic use in hospitals should ensure effective treatment of patients with infection and reduce unnecessary prescriptions. We updated this systematic review to evaluate the impact of interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing to hospital inpatients. OBJECTIVES To estimate the effectiveness and safety of interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing to hospital inpatients and to investigate the effect of two intervention functions: restriction and enablement. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (the Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, and Embase. We searched for additional studies using the bibliographies of included articles and personal files. The last search from which records were evaluated and any studies identified incorporated into the review was January 2015. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-randomised studies (NRS). We included three non-randomised study designs to measure behavioural and clinical outcomes and analyse variation in the effects: non- randomised trials (NRT), controlled before-after (CBA) studies and interrupted time series (ITS) studies. For this update we also included three additional NRS designs (case control, cohort, and qualitative studies) to identify unintended consequences. Interventions included any professional or structural interventions as defined by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group. We defined restriction as 'using rules to reduce the opportunity to engage in the target behaviour (or increase the target behaviour by reducing the opportunity to engage in competing behaviours)'. We defined enablement as 'increasing means/reducing barriers to increase capability or opportunity'. The main comparison was between intervention and no intervention. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors extracted data and assessed study risk of bias. We performed meta-analysis and meta-regression of RCTs and meta-regression of ITS studies. We classified behaviour change functions for all interventions in the review, including those studies in the previously published versions. We analysed dichotomous data with a risk difference (RD). We assessed certainty of evidence with GRADE criteria. MAIN RESULTS This review includes 221 studies (58 RCTs, and 163 NRS). Most studies were from North America (96) or Europe (87). The remaining studies were from Asia (19), South America (8), Australia (8), and the East Asia (3). Although 62% of RCTs were at a high risk of bias, the results for the main review outcomes were similar when we restricted the analysis to studies at low risk of bias.More hospital inpatients were treated according to antibiotic prescribing policy with the intervention compared with no intervention based on 29 RCTs of predominantly enablement interventions (RD 15%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 14% to 16%; 23,394 participants; high-certainty evidence). This represents an increase from 43% to 58% .There were high levels of heterogeneity of effect size but the direction consistently favoured intervention.The duration of antibiotic treatment decreased by 1.95 days (95% CI 2.22 to 1.67; 14 RCTs; 3318 participants; high-certainty evidence) from 11.0 days. Information from non-randomised studies showed interventions to be associated with improvement in prescribing according to antibiotic policy in routine clinical practice, with 70% of interventions being hospital-wide compared with 31% for RCTs. The risk of death was similar between intervention and control groups (11% in both arms), indicating that antibiotic use can likely be reduced without adversely affecting mortality (RD 0%, 95% CI -1% to 0%; 28 RCTs; 15,827 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). Antibiotic stewardship interventions probably reduce length of stay by 1.12 days (95% CI 0.7 to 1.54 days; 15 RCTs; 3834 participants; moderate-certainty evidence). One RCT and six NRS raised concerns that restrictive interventions may lead to delay in treatment and negative professional culture because of breakdown in communication and trust between infection specialists and clinical teams (low-certainty evidence).Both enablement and restriction were independently associated with increased compliance with antibiotic policies, and enablement enhanced the effect of restrictive interventions (high-certainty evidence). Enabling interventions that included feedback were probably more effective than those that did not (moderate-certainty evidence).There was very low-certainty evidence about the effect of the interventions on reducing Clostridium difficile infections (median -48.6%, interquartile range -80.7% to -19.2%; 7 studies). This was also the case for resistant gram-negative bacteria (median -12.9%, interquartile range -35.3% to 25.2%; 11 studies) and resistant gram-positive bacteria (median -19.3%, interquartile range -50.1% to +23.1%; 9 studies). There was too much variance in microbial outcomes to reliably assess the effect of change in antibiotic use. Heterogeneity of intervention effect on prescribing outcomesWe analysed effect modifiers in 29 RCTs and 91 ITS studies. Enablement and restriction were independently associated with a larger effect size (high-certainty evidence). Feedback was included in 4 (17%) of 23 RCTs and 20 (47%) of 43 ITS studies of enabling interventions and was associated with greater intervention effect. Enablement was included in 13 (45%) of 29 ITS studies with restrictive interventions and enhanced intervention effect. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS We found high-certainty evidence that interventions are effective in increasing compliance with antibiotic policy and reducing duration of antibiotic treatment. Lower use of antibiotics probably does not increase mortality and likely reduces length of stay. Additional trials comparing antibiotic stewardship with no intervention are unlikely to change our conclusions. Enablement consistently increased the effect of interventions, including those with a restrictive component. Although feedback further increased intervention effect, it was used in only a minority of enabling interventions. Interventions were successful in safely reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in hospitals, despite the fact that the majority did not use the most effective behaviour change techniques. Consequently, effective dissemination of our findings could have considerable health service and policy impact. Future research should instead focus on targeting treatment and assessing other measures of patient safety, assess different stewardship interventions, and explore the barriers and facilitators to implementation. More research is required on unintended consequences of restrictive interventions.
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- Peter Davey
- University of DundeePopulation Health SciencesMackenzie BuildingKirsty Semple WayDundeeScotlandUKDD2 4BF
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- University of DundeePopulation Health Sciences Division, Medical Research InstituteDundeeUK
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- NHS Education for ScotlandScottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness ProgrammeDundee Dental Education CentreSmall's WyndDundeeUKDD1 4HN
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- Imperial College LondonNIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial ResistanceDu Cane RoadLondonUKW12 OHS
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- University of DundeeSchool of Medicine147 Forth CrescentDundeeScotlandUKDD2 4JA
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- No affiliation31 Park CrescentFrenchayBristolUKBS16 1NZ
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- Aberdeen Royal InfirmaryDepartment of Medical MicrobiologyForesterhillAberdeenUKAB25 2ZN
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- University of AberdeenHealth Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health SciencesPolwarth BuildingForesterhillAberdeenUKAB25 2ZD
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- University College LondonResearch Department of Primary Care and Population HealthUpper Floor 3, Royal Free HospitalRowland Hill StreetLondonUKNW3 2PF
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Ammar AA, Lam SW, Duggal A, Neuner EA, Bass SN, Guzman JA, Wang XF, Han X, Bauer SR. Compliance with Procalcitonin Algorithm Antibiotic Recommendations for Patients in Medical Intensive Care Unit. Pharmacotherapy 2017; 37:177-186. [PMID: 27997675 DOI: 10.1002/phar.1887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES To describe compliance with antibiotic recommendations based on a previously published procalcitonin (PCT)-guided algorithm in clinical practice, to compare PCT algorithm compliance rates between PCT assays ordered in the antibiotic initiation setting (PCT concentration measured less than 24 hours after antibiotic initiation or before antibiotic initiation) with those in the antibiotic continuation setting (PCT concentration measured 24 hours or more after antibiotic initiation), and to evaluate patient- and PCT-related factors independently associated with algorithm compliance in patients in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). DESIGN Single-center retrospective cohort study. SETTING Large MICU in a tertiary care academic medical center. PATIENTS A total of 527 adults admitted to the MICU unit over a 2-year period (November 1, 2011-October 31, 2013) who had a total of 957 PCT assays performed. PCT assays whose results were determined in the MICU were allocated retrospectively to either the initiation setting cohort or the continuation setting cohort based on timing of the PCT assay. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Each PCT assay was treated as a separate episode. Antibiotic regimens were compared between the 24-hour periods before and after the results of each PCT assay and evaluated against an algorithm to determine compliance. Clinical, laboratory, PCT-related, and microbiologic variables were assessed during the 24-hour period after the PCT assay results to determine their influence on PCT algorithm compliance. A larger proportion of PCT episodes occurred in the initiation setting (540 [56.4%]) than in the continuation setting (417 [43.5%]). Overall, compliance with PCT algorithm recommendations was low (48.5%) and not significantly different between the initiation setting and the continuation setting (49.1% vs 47.7%, p=0.678). No patient-related or PCT-related factors were independently associated with PCT algorithm compliance on multivariable logistic regression. CONCLUSION Compliance with PCT algorithm antibiotic recommendations in both the initiation and continuation settings was lower than that reported in published randomized studies. No factors were independently associated with PCT algorithm compliance. Institutions using PCT assays to guide antibiotic use should assess compliance with algorithm antibiotic recommendations. Inclusion of a formalized antimicrobial stewardship program along with a PCT-guided algorithm is highly recommended.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
| | - Abhijit Duggal
- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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