Appropriate empirical antifungal therapy is associated with a reduced mortality rate in intensive care unit patients with invasive fungal infection : A real-world retrospective study based on the MIMIC-IV database
Copyright © 2022 Zhang, Rao, Ma, Tang, Xu, He, Li, Liu, Xu, Yang, Gong, Xue, Wu and Xue..
Objective: The study aimed to determine the prevalence and pathogens of invasive fungal infection (IFI) among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The next goal was to investigate the association between empirical antifungal treatment and mortality in ICU patients.
Methods: Using microbiological events, we identified all ICU patients with IFI and then retrieved electronic clinical data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. The data were statistically analyzed using t-tests, chi-square tests, log-rank tests, and Cox regression.
Results: The most commonly reported fungi were Candida (72.64%) and Aspergillus (19.08%). The most frequently prescribed antifungal medication was fluconazole (37.57%), followed by micafungin (26.47%). In the survival study of ICU patients and patients with sepsis, survivors were more likely to receive empirical antifungal treatment. In contrast, non-empirical antifungal therapy was significantly associated with poor survival in patients with positive blood cultures. We found that the current predictive score makes an accurate prediction of patients with fungal infections challenging.
Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that empirical antifungal treatment is associated with decreased mortality in ICU patients. To avoid treatment delays, novel diagnostic techniques should be implemented in the clinic. Until such tests are available, appropriate empirical antifungal therapy could be administered based on a model that predicts the optimal time to initiate antifungal therapy. Additional studies should be conducted to establish more accurate predictive models in the future.
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9 |
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Frontiers in medicine - 9(2022) vom: 25., Seite 952611 |
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Englisch |
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Zhang, Man-Ka [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Revised 09.10.2022 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.3389/fmed.2022.952611 |
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| 520 | |a Objective: The study aimed to determine the prevalence and pathogens of invasive fungal infection (IFI) among intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The next goal was to investigate the association between empirical antifungal treatment and mortality in ICU patients | ||
| 520 | |a Methods: Using microbiological events, we identified all ICU patients with IFI and then retrieved electronic clinical data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. The data were statistically analyzed using t-tests, chi-square tests, log-rank tests, and Cox regression | ||
| 520 | |a Results: The most commonly reported fungi were Candida (72.64%) and Aspergillus (19.08%). The most frequently prescribed antifungal medication was fluconazole (37.57%), followed by micafungin (26.47%). In the survival study of ICU patients and patients with sepsis, survivors were more likely to receive empirical antifungal treatment. In contrast, non-empirical antifungal therapy was significantly associated with poor survival in patients with positive blood cultures. We found that the current predictive score makes an accurate prediction of patients with fungal infections challenging | ||
| 520 | |a Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that empirical antifungal treatment is associated with decreased mortality in ICU patients. To avoid treatment delays, novel diagnostic techniques should be implemented in the clinic. Until such tests are available, appropriate empirical antifungal therapy could be administered based on a model that predicts the optimal time to initiate antifungal therapy. Additional studies should be conducted to establish more accurate predictive models in the future | ||
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