Chinese ICU physicians' knowledge of antibiotic pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD): a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with sepsis have a high mortality rate, accumulated evidences suggest that an optimal antibiotic administration strategy based on pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) can improve the prognosis of septic patients. Therefore, we assessed Chinese intensive care unit (ICU) physicians' knowledge about PK/PD.

Methods

In December 2019, we designed a questionnaire focused on Chinese ICU physicians' knowledge about PK/PD and collected the questionnaires after 3 months. The questionnaire was distributed via e-mail and WeChat, and was distributed to ICU doctors in 31 administrative regions of China except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The passing score was corrected by the Angoff method, and the ICU physicians' knowledge about PK/PD was analysed accordingly.

SUBMITTER: Mao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8920424 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature