Continuous versus intermittent administration of piperacillin-tazobactam in intensive care unit patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most common Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-acquired infection. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcome of continuous and intermittent administration of piperacillin-tazobactam by serial measurements of the Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS).

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Groups were designed as parallel and the study was designed as quasi-experimental and conducted at a semi-closed ICU between September 2008 and May 2010. Patients received 3.375 g (piperacillin 3 g/tazobactam 0.375 g) either through intermittent infusion every 6 h for 30 min [Intermittent Infusion (II) group; n = 30] or through continuous infusion every 8 h for 4 h [Continuous Infusion (CI) group; n = 31]. CPIS was used to assess the clinical diagnosis and outcome of VAP patients.

RESULTS: Sex, age, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II II score on ICU admission, diagnosis and underlying disease of VAP patients were not significantly different in the CI (n = 31) and II (n = 30) groups. Duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, total number of antibiotics used per patient and duration of piperacillin/tazobactam treatment were similar in both groups. Mortality rates of VAP patients were similar between both groups during hospitalization.

CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference in clinical outcomes of patients receiving piperacillin-tazobactam via CI or II when measured by serial CPIS score.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine - 16(2012), 3 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 141-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fahimi, Fanak [VerfasserIn]
Ghafari, Somayeh [VerfasserIn]
Jamaati, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Baniasadi, Shadi [VerfasserIn]
Tabarsi, Payam [VerfasserIn]
Najafi, Arvin [VerfasserIn]
Akhzarmehr, Arnavaz [VerfasserIn]
Hashemian, Seyed Mohammad Reza [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Piperacillin
Tazobactam
Ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Date Completed 29.11.2012

Date Revised 17.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4103/0972-5229.102083

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM222967943