Mireen Friedrich-Rust, Beate Wanger, Florian Heupel, Natalie Filmann, Hans-Reinhard Brodt, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, Johanna Kessel, Thomas Alexander Wichelhaus, Eva Herrmann, Stefan Zeuzem, Jörg Bojunga
- AIM: To assess the rate of infection, appropriateness of antimicrobial-therapy and mortality on intensive care unit (ICU). Special focus was drawn on patients with liver cirrhosis.
METHODS: The study was approved by the local ethical committee. All patients admitted to the Internal Medicine-ICU between April 1, 2007 and December 31, 2009 were included. Data were extracted retrospectively from all patients using patient charts and electronic documentations on infection, microbiological laboratory reports, diagnosis and therapy. Due to the large hepatology department and liver transplantation center, special interest was on the subgroup of patients with liver cirrhosis. The primary statistical-endpoint was the evaluation of the influence of appropriate versus inappropriate antimicrobial-therapy on in-hospital-mortality.
RESULTS: Charts of 1979 patients were available. The overall infection-rate was 53%. Multiresistant-bacteria were present in 23% of patients with infection and were associated with increased mortality (P < 0.000001). Patients with infection had significantly increased in-hospital-mortality (34% vs 17%, P < 0.000001). Only 9% of patients with infection received inappropriate initial antimicrobial-therapy, no influence on mortality was observed. Independent risk-factors for in-hospital-mortality were the presence of septic-shock, prior chemotherapy for malignoma and infection with Pseudomonas spp. Infection and mortality-rate among 175 patients with liver-cirrhosis was significantly higher than in patients without liver-cirrhosis. Infection increased mortality 2.24-fold in patients with cirrhosis. Patients with liver cirrhosis were at an increased risk to receive inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy.
CONCLUSION: The results of the present study report the successful implementation of early-goal-directed therapy. Liver cirrhosis patients are at increased risk of infection, mortality and to receive inappropriate therapy. Increasing burden are multiresistant-bacteria.
MetadatenAuthor: | Mireen Friedrich-RustORCiDGND, Beate Wanger, Florian Heupel, Natalie FilmannORCiDGND, Hans-Reinhard BrodtGND, Volkhard A. J. KempfORCiDGND, Johanna KesselGND, Thomas Alexander Wichelhaus, Eva HerrmannORCiD, Stefan ZeuzemORCiDGND, Jörg BojungaGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-422716 |
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URL: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4837437 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i16.4201 |
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ISSN: | 1007-9327 |
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ISSN: | 2219-2840 |
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Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27122670 |
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Parent Title (English): | World journal of gastroenterology |
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Publisher: | WJG Press |
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Place of publication: | Beijing |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of Publication (online): | 2016/11/28 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2016/04/28 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Release Date: | 2016/11/28 |
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Tag: | Early goal-directed therapy; Intensive care unit; Liver cirrhosis; Mortality; Sepsis-bundle |
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Volume: | 22 |
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Issue: | 16 |
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Page Number: | 11 |
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First Page: | 4201 |
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Last Page: | 4210 |
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Note: | Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 421388129 |
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Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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Licence (English): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0 |
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