Physician agreement on the diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit: estimation of concordance and analysis of underlying factors in a multicenter cohort.

Diagnosis Intensive care Inter-observer agreement Sepsis

Journal

Journal of intensive care
ISSN: 2052-0492
Titre abrégé: J Intensive Care
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101627304

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 07 12 2018
accepted: 28 01 2019
entrez: 5 3 2019
pubmed: 5 3 2019
medline: 5 3 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Differentiating sepsis from the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in critical care patients is challenging, especially before serious organ damage is evident, and with variable clinical presentations of patients and variable training and experience of attending physicians. Our objective was to describe and quantify physician agreement in diagnosing SIRS or sepsis in critical care patients as a function of available clinical information, infection site, and hospital setting. We conducted a post hoc analysis of previously collected data from a prospective, observational trial ( Free-marginal kappa decreased between the initial impression of the attending physician and (1) the initial impression of the site investigator ( Considerable uncertainty surrounds the differential clinical diagnosis of sepsis vs. SIRS, especially before organ damage has become highly evident, and for patients presenting with respiratory clinical signs. Our findings underscore the need to provide physicians with accurate, timely diagnostic information in evaluating possible sepsis.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Differentiating sepsis from the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in critical care patients is challenging, especially before serious organ damage is evident, and with variable clinical presentations of patients and variable training and experience of attending physicians. Our objective was to describe and quantify physician agreement in diagnosing SIRS or sepsis in critical care patients as a function of available clinical information, infection site, and hospital setting.
METHODS METHODS
We conducted a post hoc analysis of previously collected data from a prospective, observational trial (
RESULTS RESULTS
Free-marginal kappa decreased between the initial impression of the attending physician and (1) the initial impression of the site investigator (
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Considerable uncertainty surrounds the differential clinical diagnosis of sepsis vs. SIRS, especially before organ damage has become highly evident, and for patients presenting with respiratory clinical signs. Our findings underscore the need to provide physicians with accurate, timely diagnostic information in evaluating possible sepsis.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30828456
doi: 10.1186/s40560-019-0368-2
pii: 368
pmc: PMC6383290
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT02127502']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

13

Subventions

Organisme : AHRQ HHS
ID : K08 HS025240
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : L30 HL124529
Pays : United States
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : R01 HL124099
Pays : United States

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Ethics approval was gained from the relevant institutional review boards: Intermountain Medical Center/Latter Day Saints Hospital (1024931); Johns Hopkins Hospital (IRB00087839); Rush University Medical Center (15111104-IRB01); Loyola University Medical Center (208291); Northwell Healthcare (16-02-42-03); and Grady Memorial Hospital (000-87806).This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form. Therefore, consent for publication is not required.The authors have read the journal’s policy and declare the following competing interests: LM, TDY, AR, RBB, RAB, and TS are current or past employees and/or shareholders of Immunexpress.Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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Auteurs

Bert K Lopansri (BK)

1Division of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Epidemiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT 84107 USA.
2Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA.

Russell R Miller Iii (RR)

3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT 84107 USA.
4Division of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA.

John P Burke (JP)

1Division of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Epidemiology, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT 84107 USA.
2Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 USA.

Mitchell Levy (M)

5Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 USA.

Steven Opal (S)

5Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 USA.

Richard E Rothman (RE)

6Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.

Franco R D'Alessio (FR)

6Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.

Venkataramana K Sidhaye (VK)

6Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.

Robert Balk (R)

7Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.

Jared A Greenberg (JA)

7Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.

Mark Yoder (M)

7Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.

Gourang P Patel (GP)

7Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.

Emily Gilbert (E)

8Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153 USA.

Majid Afshar (M)

8Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153 USA.

Jorge P Parada (JP)

8Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153 USA.

Greg S Martin (GS)

9Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA.

Annette M Esper (AM)

9Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA.

Jordan A Kempker (JA)

9Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA.

Mangala Narasimhan (M)

Northwell Healthcare, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA.

Adey Tsegaye (A)

Northwell Healthcare, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA.

Stella Hahn (S)

Northwell Healthcare, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA.

Paul Mayo (P)

Northwell Healthcare, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 USA.

Leo McHugh (L)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Antony Rapisarda (A)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Dayle Sampson (D)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Roslyn A Brandon (RA)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Therese A Seldon (TA)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Thomas D Yager (TD)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

Richard B Brandon (RB)

Immunexpress Inc, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 430, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.

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