• Burns · Feb 2024

    Patterns of antibiotic administration in patients with burn injuries: A TriNetX study.

    • Kendall Wermine, Sunny Gotewal, Juquan Song, Lyndon G Huang, Kassandra K Corona, Shivan N Chokshi, Elvia L Villarreal, Tsola A Efejuku, Jasmine M Chaij, Shelby P Bagby, Maria Haseem, Andrew Ko, Phillip H Keys, Giovanna De La Tejera, Joshua M Peterson, Deepak K Ozhathil, George Golovko, El AyadiAminaADepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA., and Steven E Wolf.
    • School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
    • Burns. 2024 Feb 1; 50 (1): 525852-58.

    BackgroundIn the advent of increasing antibiotic resistance, several studies sought to determine antibiotic prescription trends; however, no pattern has been firmly identified particularly for the burned population. We performed a query of burned patients in a large established database to understand differences in antibiotic use related to patient-specific factors.MethodsBurned patients with systemic antibiotics given within 7 days of injury were identified on the TriNetX database. The patient population was stratified by age, 1-year time intervals of antibiotic prescription from 2004 to 2019, time of antibiotic prescription in 1-day intervals after injury, and % TBSA burned in 10% intervals ranging from < 10% to > 90%. Data were analyzed using χ2 with p < 0.05 considered significant. Pearson coefficients (r2) values were used to correlate differences in antibiotic prescription between age groups and to changes over time.ResultsStratification by age revealed higher use of antibiotics in older burned patients compared to younger patients. Surprisingly, 87.6% of burn patients of those who received antibiotic therapy was on the day of injury. Penicillins and beta-lactam antimicrobials were used most often at a frequency of 64%. No statistically significant differences in rates of antibiotic therapy were observed in burned patients when stratified by %TBSA burned.ConclusionsThe study elucidates current patterns of antibiotic use in burn care in the United States, allowing for improved understanding of both past and present patterns of antibiotic prescription.Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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