Establishment of an interdisciplinary board for bone and joint infections

© 2021. The Author(s)..

PURPOSE: The incidence of bone and joint infections is increasing while their treatment remains a challenge. Although guidelines and recommendations exist, evidence is often lacking and treatment complicated by complex clinical presentations and therapeutic options. Interdisciplinary boards shown to improve management of other diseases, seem potentially helpful. We describe the establishment of an osteomyelitis board to show the existing demand for such a platform.

METHODS: All patients discussed in the board for bone and joint infections between October 2014 and September 2020 were included in this retrospective study. Data were extracted from patient records and analyzed descriptively.

RESULTS: A total of 851 requests related to 563 patients were discussed in the board during the study period. After a run-in period of 3 years, a stable number of cases (> 170/year) were discussed, submitted by nearly all hospital departments (22 of 25). Recommendations were mainly related to antibiotic treatment (43%) and to diagnostics (24%). Periprosthetic joint infections were the most frequent entity (33%), followed by native vertebral osteomyelitis and other osteomyelitis. In 3% of requests, suspected infection could be excluded, in 7% further diagnostics were recommended to confirm or rule out infection.

CONCLUSIONS: A multidisciplinary board for bone and joint infections was successfully established, potentially serving as a template for further boards. Recommendations were mainly related to antibiotic treatment and further diagnostics, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary discussion to individualize and optimize treatment plans based on guidelines. Further research in needed to evaluate impact on morbidity, mortality and costs.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Infection. 2022 Aug;50(4):1045-1047. - PMID 35562567

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Infection - 49(2021), 6 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 1213-1220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Otto-Lambertz, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Yagdiran, Ayla [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt-Hellerau, Kirsten [VerfasserIn]
Meyer-Schwickerath, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Eysel, Peer [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Norma [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bone and joint infection
Foreign material-associated infection
Interdisciplinary board
Journal Article
Osteomyelitis
Periprosthetic joint infection
Vertebral osteomyelitis

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Date Completed 26.11.2021

Date Revised 09.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Infection. 2022 Aug;50(4):1045-1047. - PMID 35562567

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s15010-021-01676-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328835749