British Thoracic Society community-acquired pneumonia care bundle: results of a national implementation project.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
In 2013, 16 U.K. hospital trusts participated in a quality improvement programme involving implementation of a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) care bundle. High-level data were collected on 14,962 patients admitted with CAP; bundle implementation increased from 1% in October 2012 to 20% by September 2013. Analysis of patient-level data on 2118 adults (median age 75.3 years) found that in the bundle-implementation group, significantly more patients received antibiotics within 4 h of admission (adjusted OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.08 to 2.14, p=0.016) and 30-day inpatient mortality was lower (8.8% vs. 13.6%; adjusted OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.95, p=0.03).
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Patient Care Bundles
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Quality Improvement
- Societies, Medical