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Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort
Background: Since 2019, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines have recommended hospitalized patients be treated until clinical “stability and for no less than 5 days.” However, randomized trials have reported that, in patients who stabilize by hospital day 3, very short antibiotic durations...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594282/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.241 |
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author | Vaughn, Valerie Petty, Lindsay Ratz, David McLaughlin, Elizabeth Czilok, Tawny Horowitz, Jennifer Malani, Anurag Osterholzer, Danielle Flanders, Scott Gandhi, Tejal |
author_facet | Vaughn, Valerie Petty, Lindsay Ratz, David McLaughlin, Elizabeth Czilok, Tawny Horowitz, Jennifer Malani, Anurag Osterholzer, Danielle Flanders, Scott Gandhi, Tejal |
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description | Background: Since 2019, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines have recommended hospitalized patients be treated until clinical “stability and for no less than 5 days.” However, randomized trials have reported that, in patients who stabilize by hospital day 3, very short antibiotic durations (eg, 3 days) are noninferior to longer durations. How these trial results relate to real-world practice is unknown. Methods: Using a 68-hospital cohort study of hospitalized, general-care adults with CAP, we aimed to (1) quantify the percentage of patients who—according to trial criteria—qualify for a 3-day antibiotic duration, (2) quantify the percentage who actually received a 3-day duration, and (3) assess 30-day outcomes. Patients were considered to have CAP if they had a pneumonia discharge diagnosis and met clinical criteria for CAP. Patients with concomitant infections (including COVID-19), admission to intensive care, or severe immunocompromise were not included. Results: Between February 23, 2017, and August 3, 2022, 36,064 patients with CAP were included. Of those, 48.2% (9,826 of 36,064) were excluded due to a condition or organism ineligible for the 3-day treatment (Fig. 1). Of the 18,690 patients remaining, 52.6% (9,826) were unstable on day 3 and thus were ineligible for the 3-day treatment. Therefore, of all 36,064 patients, only 8,864 (24.6%) would be eligible under trial criteria for a 3-day treatment. Notably, 5,493 (55.9%) of 9,826 patients unstable on day 3 would be eligible for 5 days of treatment under national guidelines. In practice, use of 3–4-day treatment was rare, occurring in 599 (6.8%) of 8,864 patients eligible for a 3-day treatment versus 660 (6.7%) of 9,826 patients unstable on day 3 (P = .945). Use of 3–4-day treatment increased over time and comorbidities that could mimic CAP or a negative procalcitonin were more common in patients who received a 3–4-day treatment whereas specific symptoms of CAP were less common (Fig. 2). After adjustments, patients eligible for a 3-day duration who received a 3–4 day treatment versus a ≥5-day treatment had higher 30-day mortality (aOR, 1.87; 95% CI, 1.32–2.64) and readmission (aOR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.17–1.56). Conclusions: Across 68 hospitals, <25% of patients hospitalized with CAP would be eligible for a 3-day antibiotic treatment. Though increasing over time, there was little use of 3–4-day treatments and, when prescribed, outcomes were worse, potentially due to CAP misdiagnosis. Given the small number of patients eligible for 3-day treatment, and the potential harm with too-short durations, it may be prudent to focus on increasing the use of 5-day treatments. Disclosures: None |
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spelling | pubmed-105942822023-10-25 Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort Vaughn, Valerie Petty, Lindsay Ratz, David McLaughlin, Elizabeth Czilok, Tawny Horowitz, Jennifer Malani, Anurag Osterholzer, Danielle Flanders, Scott Gandhi, Tejal Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol Antibiotic Stewardship Background: Since 2019, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guidelines have recommended hospitalized patients be treated until clinical “stability and for no less than 5 days.” However, randomized trials have reported that, in patients who stabilize by hospital day 3, very short antibiotic durations (eg, 3 days) are noninferior to longer durations. How these trial results relate to real-world practice is unknown. Methods: Using a 68-hospital cohort study of hospitalized, general-care adults with CAP, we aimed to (1) quantify the percentage of patients who—according to trial criteria—qualify for a 3-day antibiotic duration, (2) quantify the percentage who actually received a 3-day duration, and (3) assess 30-day outcomes. Patients were considered to have CAP if they had a pneumonia discharge diagnosis and met clinical criteria for CAP. Patients with concomitant infections (including COVID-19), admission to intensive care, or severe immunocompromise were not included. Results: Between February 23, 2017, and August 3, 2022, 36,064 patients with CAP were included. Of those, 48.2% (9,826 of 36,064) were excluded due to a condition or organism ineligible for the 3-day treatment (Fig. 1). Of the 18,690 patients remaining, 52.6% (9,826) were unstable on day 3 and thus were ineligible for the 3-day treatment. Therefore, of all 36,064 patients, only 8,864 (24.6%) would be eligible under trial criteria for a 3-day treatment. Notably, 5,493 (55.9%) of 9,826 patients unstable on day 3 would be eligible for 5 days of treatment under national guidelines. In practice, use of 3–4-day treatment was rare, occurring in 599 (6.8%) of 8,864 patients eligible for a 3-day treatment versus 660 (6.7%) of 9,826 patients unstable on day 3 (P = .945). Use of 3–4-day treatment increased over time and comorbidities that could mimic CAP or a negative procalcitonin were more common in patients who received a 3–4-day treatment whereas specific symptoms of CAP were less common (Fig. 2). After adjustments, patients eligible for a 3-day duration who received a 3–4 day treatment versus a ≥5-day treatment had higher 30-day mortality (aOR, 1.87; 95% CI, 1.32–2.64) and readmission (aOR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.17–1.56). Conclusions: Across 68 hospitals, <25% of patients hospitalized with CAP would be eligible for a 3-day antibiotic treatment. Though increasing over time, there was little use of 3–4-day treatments and, when prescribed, outcomes were worse, potentially due to CAP misdiagnosis. Given the small number of patients eligible for 3-day treatment, and the potential harm with too-short durations, it may be prudent to focus on increasing the use of 5-day treatments. Disclosures: None Cambridge University Press 2023-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10594282/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.241 Text en © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Antibiotic Stewardship Vaughn, Valerie Petty, Lindsay Ratz, David McLaughlin, Elizabeth Czilok, Tawny Horowitz, Jennifer Malani, Anurag Osterholzer, Danielle Flanders, Scott Gandhi, Tejal Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title | Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title_full | Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title_fullStr | Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title_full_unstemmed | Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title_short | Three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: A sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
title_sort | three-day antibiotic duration in patients with pneumonia: a sixty-eight–hospital cohort |
topic | Antibiotic Stewardship |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594282/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.241 |
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