Association between the timing of the first dose of antibiotic administration and outcome of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock diagnosed at the emergency room at De La Salle University Medical Center (DLSUMC)
Publication Date
2016
Document Type
Research
Abstract
A total of 352 patients were identified. In 352 patients identified at De La Salle University Medical Center, they were divided according to the timing of antibiotic administration which is within 1 hour and beyond 1 hour. One hundred seventy six (176) patients given with antibiotics within the first hour of diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock and the other one hundred seventy six (176) given antibiotics beyond one hour of diagnosis. The mean age is 58.76 (±19.72) years old and there is a higher proportion of male (51.42%) than females (48.58%). It was shown that the mean triage time to antibiotic was ordered is 69.50 (±65.14) minutes while the time the antibiotic was ordered for administration to the patient was 78.90 (±63.64) minutes. Most common clinical sites of infection shows the following: Lung (59.94%), Intra-abdominal (9.9%) and Genito-Urinary (15.3%), the primary organisms responsible was shown that Gram-negative (30.12%) and Gram-positive (11.64) bacteria were commonly found. Among the gram negative bacteria, Enterobacter species (9.38%) and Escherichia coli (8.81%) were commonly found. The results shows that the timing of the administration of the antibiotic is crucial in the survivorship of the patient.
APA Citation
Zepeda-Golez, Mary Diana M. and Taguiang-Abu, Cherry, "Association between the timing of the first dose of antibiotic administration and outcome of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock diagnosed at the emergency room at De La Salle University Medical Center (DLSUMC)" (2016). Resident Research. 132.
https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/resident-research/132