Effect of a Multicomponent Sepsis Transition and Recovery Program on Mortality and Readmissions After Sepsis : The Improving Morbidity During Post-Acute Care Transitions for Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether a nurse navigator-led, multicomponent Sepsis Transition And Recovery program improves 30-day mortality and readmission outcomes after sepsis hospitalization.

DESIG: n: Multisite pragmatic randomized clinical trial.

SETTING: Three hospitals in North Carolina from January 2019 to March 2020.

PATIENTS: Eligible patients hospitalized for suspected sepsis and deemed high-risk for mortality or readmission by validated internal risk models.

INTERVENTIONS: Patients were randomized to receive usual care alone (i.e., routine transition support, outpatient care; n = 342) or additional Sepsis Transition And Recovery support (n = 349). The 30-day intervention involved a multicomponent transition service led by a nurse navigator through telephone and electronic health record communication to facilitate best practice postsepsis care strategies during and after hospitalization including: postdischarge medication review, evaluation for new impairments or symptoms, monitoring comorbidities, and palliative care approach when appropriate. Clinical oversight was provided by a Hospital Medicine Transition Services team.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The primary outcome was a composite of mortality or hospital readmission at 30 days. Logistic regression models were constructed to evaluate marginal and conditional odds ratios (adjusted for prognostic covariates: age, comorbidity, and organ dysfunction at enrollment). Among 691 randomized patients (mean age = 63.7 ± 15.1 yr; 52% female), a lower percentage of patients in the Sepsis Transition And Recovery group experienced the primary outcome compared with the usual care group (28.7% vs 33.3%; risk difference, 4.7%; odds ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.58-1.11; adjusted odds ratio, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.64-0.98). There were 74 deaths (Sepsis Transition And Recovery: 33 [9.5%] vs usual care: 41 [12.0%]) and 155 rehospitalizations (Sepsis Transition And Recovery: 71 [20.3%] vs usual care: 84 [24.6%]).

CONCLUSIONS: In a multisite randomized clinical trial of patients hospitalized with sepsis, patients provided with a 30-day program using a nurse navigator to provide best practices for postsepsis care experienced a lower proportion of either mortality or rehospitalization within 30 days after discharge. Further research is needed to understand the contextual factors associated with successful implementation.

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CommentIn: Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):525-527. - PMID 35191876

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Critical care medicine - 50(2022), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 469-479

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taylor, Stephanie Parks [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Rios, Aleta [VerfasserIn]
McWilliams, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
McCurdy, Lewis [VerfasserIn]
Chou, Shih-Hsiung [VerfasserIn]
Hetherington, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Rossman, Whitney [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Gibbs, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kowalkowski, Marc A [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 10.03.2022

Date Revised 28.07.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):525-527. - PMID 35191876

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/CCM.0000000000005300

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330760920