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Intensivists' perceptions and attitudes towards infectious diseases management in the ICU: An international survey
A Roshdy1, A S Elsayed2, A S Saleh3
1Intensive Care Unit, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, UK; Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Objective:
Exploring infectious diseases (ID) practice in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to identify gaps and opportunities.
Design:
Online international survey (PRACT-INF-ICU) endorsed by the ESICM and open from July 30, 2019 to October 19, 2019.
Setting:
International study conducted in 78 countries.
Participants:
Physicians working in ICU.
Interventions:
None.
Main Variables Of Interest:
Practice variations were assessed according to respondents' countries income class, training, and years of practice. Univariate and multivariate ordinal logistic regression were used to estimate associations between respondents' characteristics and their perceptions regarding adequacy of training.
Results:
466 intensivists with a median practice of 10 years (interquartile range, 5-19) completed the survey. A third reported no antimicrobial stewardship program and 40% had no regular microbiological rounds in their ICUs. Intensivists were mostly the decision makers for the initial antimicrobial therapy which in 70% of cases were based on guidelines or protocols. Non-ICU expertise were sought more frequently on reviewing (48/72h, culture adjustment and discontinuation in 32%, 39% and 21% respectively) rather than antimicrobial therapy initiation (16%). Only 42% described ID training as adequate. Multivariate ordinal logistic regression showed that low- to middle-income countries (OR: 0.41, 95% CI: 0.28-0.61), ICU practice ≤10 years (OR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.39-0.79), and dual training with anaesthesia (OR: 0.52, 95% CI: 0.34-0.79) or medicine (OR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.32-0.76) were associated with less training satisfaction.
Conclusion:
ID practice is heterogeneous across ICUs while antimicrobial stewardship program is not universally implemented. From intensivists' perspective, ID training and knowledge need improvement.
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