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Support Care Cancer · Nov 2017
Timing to antibiotic therapy in septic oncologic patients presenting without hypotension.
- Kathleen Morneau, Gary B Chisholm, Frank Tverdek, Jeffrey Bruno, and Katy M Toale.
- Department of Pharmacy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 90, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Kmorn001@gmail.com.
- Support Care Cancer. 2017 Nov 1; 25 (11): 3357-3363.
PurposeSepsis accounts for only 2% of the hospitalizations worldwide but more than 17% of total in-hospital mortality. Inappropriate antimicrobial selection and delays in appropriate therapy have been associated with reduced survival in severe sepsis and septic shock. No studies to date have exclusively targeted septic oncologic patients without hypotension.MethodsThis study was a retrospective chart review of 100 adult cancer patients presenting to the emergency department with sepsis without hypotension. We investigated the effect of time to appropriate antibiotics on in-hospital mortality and hospital length of stay. It was hypothesized that increased time to antibiotic administration would worsen patient outcomes including in-hospital mortality and length of stay.ResultsEach 1-h delay in administration of appropriate antibiotic therapy increased the odds of in-hospital mortality by 16% (adjusted OR 1.16. 95% CI 1.04-1.34, p = 0.04). Time to appropriate antibiotics had no effect on hospital length of stay.ConclusionsTime to appropriate antibiotics and in-hospital mortality were associated in this population of adult oncologic patients with sepsis without hypotension. Clinicians in the emergency department should strive to ensure the timely administration of a complete and appropriate empiric antibiotic regimen in septic patients with active cancer even in the absence of hypotension.
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