New antipsychotic prescription and recurrent infections among adult sepsis survivors : A population-based cohort study

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PURPOSE: Antipsychotic agents, which may increase the risk of infection through dopaminergic dysregulation, are prescribed to a fraction of patients following critical illness. We compared the rate of recurrent sepsis among patients who filled a prescription for antipsychotics with high- or low-D2 affinity.

METHODS: Population-based cohort with active comparator design. We included sepsis survivors older than 65 years with intensive care unit admission and new prescription of antipsychotics in Ontario 2008-2019. The primary outcome were recurrent sepsis episodes within 1 year of follow-up. Patients who filled a prescription within 30 days of hospital discharge for high-D2 affinity antipsychotics (e.g., haloperidol) were compared with patients who filled a prescription within 30 days of hospital discharge for low-D2 affinity antipsychotics (e.g., quetiapine). Multivariable zero-inflated Poisson regression models with robust standard errors adjusting for confounding at baseline were used to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

RESULTS: Overall, 1879 patients filled a prescription for a high-D2, and 1446 patients filled a prescription for a low-D2 affinity antipsychotic. Patients who filled a prescription for a high-D2 affinity antipsychotic did not present a higher rate of recurrent sepsis during 1 year of follow-up, compared with patients who filled a prescription for a low-D2 affinity antipsychotic (IRR: 1.12; 95% CI: 0.94, 1.35).

CONCLUSIONS: We did not find conclusive evidence of a higher rate of recurrent sepsis associated with the prescription of high-D2 affinity antipsychotics (compared with low-D2 affinity antipsychotics) by 1 year of follow-up in adult sepsis survivors with intensive care unit admission.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety - 33(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite e5747

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ferraris, Augusto [VerfasserIn]
Szmulewicz, Alejandro G [VerfasserIn]
Burry, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Phipps, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Wunsch, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Scales, Damon C [VerfasserIn]
Angriman, Federico [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antipsychotic Agents
Antipsychotic agents
Drug exposure
Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions
Infection
Journal Article
Pharmacoepidemiology
Sepsis

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/pds.5747

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366168800