Predictors for Delayed Emergency Department Care in Medical Patients with Acute Infections - An International Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In overcrowded emergency department (ED) care, short time to start effective antibiotic treatment has been evidenced to improve infection-related clinical outcomes. Our objective was to study factors associated with delays in initial ED care within an international prospective medical ED patient population presenting with acute infections.

Methods

We report data from an international prospective observational cohort study including patients with a main diagnosis of infection from three tertiary care hospitals in Switzerland, France and the United States (US). We studied predictors for delays in starting antibiotic treatment by using multivariate regression analyses.

Results

Overall, 544 medical ED patients with a main diagnosis of acute infection and anti

SUBMITTER: Kutz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865227 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature