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Impact of adherence to surgical and non-surgical components of infective endocarditis guidelines and recommendations.
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Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Elsevier Inc.) . Sep2020, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p923-927. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Non-adherence to IE guidelines and recommendations is frequent, and may adversely impact patient outcomes. To assess the impact of non-adherence to components of existing IE guidelines and recommendations on a composite outcome consisting of any of the following: mortality, unplanned cardiac surgery, embolic event or relapse of positive blood culture within six months of diagnosis. A single centre, retrospective cohort study. Amongst 157 patients, there was inconsistent adherence to: initial diagnosis of an infective condition (87%), timely administration of antimicrobial therapy (82%), appropriateness of predominant antimicrobial regime (94%), appropriate management of the portal of entry (86%), multidisciplinary input (75%), end of antimicrobial therapy repeat echocardiography (60%) and adherence to indications for surgery (76%). Inpatient mortality was 12.1% (n = 19) and the composite adverse outcome occurred in 36 (22.9%) patients. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, infection of prosthetic device (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval]; 2.43 [1.07–5.50]) and non-adherence to surgical guidelines (aOR 3.67 [1.60–8.47]) were significantly associated with an adverse outcome. Our data suggests that adherence to differing components of IE management guidelines and recommendations varies and that non-adherence to surgical aspects of guidelines has the biggest impact in determining outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1341321X
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Elsevier Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144993373
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2020.04.005