Time to antibiotic administration: Sepsis alerts called in emergency department versus in the field via emergency medical services.

Autor: Mixon M; UCHealth-North Department of Pharmacy, 1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524, United States of America. Electronic address: Mark.Mixon@uchealth.org., Dietrich S; UCHealth-North Department of Pharmacy, 1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524, United States of America., Floren M; Department of Mathematics, Misericordia University, 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612, United States of America., Rogoszewski R; UCHealth-North Department of Pharmacy, 1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524, United States of America., Kane L; Department of Mathematics, Misericordia University, 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612, United States of America., Nudell N; UCHealth Emergency Medical Services, 3509 S Mason St, Fort Collins, CO 80525, United States of America., Spears L; UCHealth-North Department of Pharmacy, 1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of emergency medicine [Am J Emerg Med] 2021 Jun; Vol. 44, pp. 291-295. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.008
Abstrakt: Introduction: The Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) identifies patients with "severe sepsis" and mandates antibiotics within a specific time window. Rapid time to administration of antibiotics may improve patient outcomes. The goal of this investigation was to compare time to antibiotic administration when sepsis alerts are called in the emergency department (ED) with those called in the field by emergency medical services (EMS).
Methods: This was a multi-center, retrospective review of patients designated as sepsis alerts in ED or via EMS in the field, presenting to four community emergency departments over a six-month period.
Results: 507 patients were included, 419 in the ED alert group and 88 in the field alert group. Mean time to antibiotic administration was significantly faster in the field alert group when compared to the ED alert group (48.5 min vs 64.5 min, p < 0.001). Patients were more likely to receive antibiotics within 60 min of ED arrival in the field alert group (59.1% vs 44%, p = 0.01). Secondary outcomes including mortality, hospital length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, sepsis diagnosis on admission, Clostridioides difficile infection rates, fluid bolus utilization, anti-MRSA antibiotic utilization rates, and anti-Pseudomonal antibiotic utilization rates were not found to be significantly different.
Conclusions: Sepsis alerts called in the field via EMS may decrease time to antibiotics and increase the likelihood of antibiotic administration occurring within 60 min of arrival when compared to those called in the ED.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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