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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

A Propensity Score Matched Study of the Positive Impact of Infectious Diseases Consultation on Antimicrobial Appropriateness in Hospitalized Patients with Antimicrobial Stewardship Oversight.

Jacqueline T Bork, Kimberly C Claeys, Emily L Heil, Mary Banoub, Surbhi Leekha, John D Sorkin, Michael Kleinberg

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jacqueline T BorkUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland, USA jabork@som.umaryland.edu.
Kimberly C ClaeysUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Emily L HeilUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Mary BanoubUniversity of Maryland Medical Center, Department of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Surbhi LeekhaUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
John D SorkinBaltimore VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Michael KleinbergUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Maryland Medical Center · US

Funding

University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (UM-OAIC)P30AG028747 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Stephen L. Seliger · 2006 to 2026
$28.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital-based antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs provide oversight and guidance for appropriate antimicrobial use in acute care settings. Infectious disease expertise is beneficial in the care of hospitalized patients with infections. The impact of infectious diseases consultation (IDC) on antimicrobial appropriateness in a large tertiary hospital with an established AS program was investigated. This was a cross-sectional study from October 2017 to March 2019 at a large academic hospital with an AS-directed prospective audit and feedback process and multiple IDC services. Antimicrobial appropriateness was adjudicated by an AS team member after antimicrobial start. Antimicrobial appropriateness was compared among antimicrobial orders with and without IDC using propensity score matching and multivariable logistic regression. Analyses were stratified by primary services caring for the patients. There were 10,508 antimicrobial orders from 6,165 unique patient encounters. Overall appropriateness was 92%, with higher appropriateness among patients with IDC versus without IDC (94% versus 84%;

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Antimicrobial StewardshipCommunicable DiseasesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPropensity ScoreReferral and ConsultationAnti-Bacterial Agentsantibiotic appropriatenessantimicrobial stewardshipinfectious disease

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PMID32423952
PMCPMC7526803
OpenAlexW3025265866

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