Crossroads of Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship : Assessing Risks to Develop Clinical Decision Support to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

Background: Early detection of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRP) remains challenging. Existing risk prediction tools are difficult to translate to bedside application. The goal of this study was to develop a simple electronic medical record (EMR)-integrated tool for prediction of MDRP infection.

Methods: This was a mixed-methods study. We conducted a split-sample cohort study of adult critical care patients with P aeruginosa infections. Two previously published tools were validated using c-statistic. A subset of variables based on strength of association and ease of EMR extraction was selected for further evaluation. A simplified tool was developed using multivariable logistic regression. Both c-statistic and theoretical trade-off of over- versus underprescribing of broad-spectrum MDRP therapy were assessed in the validation cohort. A qualitative survey of frontline clinicians assessed understanding of risks for MDRP and potential usability of an EMR-integrated tool to predict MDRP.

Results: The 2 previous risk prediction tools demonstrated similar accuracy in the derivation cohort (c-statistic of 0.76 [95% confidence interval {CI}, .69-.83] and 0.73 [95% CI, .66-.8]). A simplified tool based on 4 variables demonstrated reasonable accuracy (c-statistic of 0.71 [95% CI, .57-.85]) without significant overprescribing in the validation cohort. The risk factors were prior MDRP infection, ≥4 antibiotics prior to culture, infection >3 days after admission, and dialysis. Fourteen clinicians completed the survey. An alert providing context regarding individual patient risk factors for MDRP was preferred.

Conclusions: These results can be used to develop a local EMR-integrated tool to improve timeliness of effective therapy in those at risk of MDRP infections.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Open forum infectious diseases - 10(2023), 10 vom: 06. Okt., Seite ofad512

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zou, Iris [VerfasserIn]
Abate, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Newman, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Heil, Emily L [VerfasserIn]
Leekha, Surbhi [VerfasserIn]
Claeys, Kimberly C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial stewardship
Diagnostic stewardship
Journal Article
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ofid/ofad512

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363931333