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Effectiveness of Proadrenomedullin Enhanced CURB65 Score Algorithm in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in "Real Life", an Observational Quality Control Survey

Widmer, Daniel and Drozdov, Daniel and Rüegger, Kristina and Litke, Alexander and Arici, Birsen and Regez, Katharina and Guglielmetti, Merih and Schild, Ursula and Conca, Antoinette and Schäfer, Petra and Kouegbe, Rita Bossart and Reutlinger, Barbara and Blum, Claudine and Schuetz, Philipp and Irani, Sarosh and Huber, Andreas and Bürgi, Ulrich and Müller, Beat and Albrich, Werner C.. (2014) Effectiveness of Proadrenomedullin Enhanced CURB65 Score Algorithm in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in "Real Life", an Observational Quality Control Survey. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 3 (1). pp. 267-279.

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Abstract

An intervention trial found a trend for shorter length of stay (LOS) in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) when the CURB65 score was combined with the prognostic biomarker proadrenomedullin (ProADM) (CURB65-A). However, the efficacy and safety of CURB65-A in real life situations remains unclear.; From September, 2011, until April, 2012, we performed a post-study prospective observational quality control survey at the cantonal Hospital of Aarau, Switzerland of consecutive adults with CAP. The primary endpoint was length of stay (LOS) during the index hospitalization and within 30 days. We compared the results with two well-defined historic cohorts of CAP patients hospitalized in the same hospital with the use of multivariate regression, namely 83 patients in the observation study without ProADM (OPTIMA I) and the 169 patients in the intervention study (OPTIMA II RCT).; A total of 89 patients with confirmed CAP were included. As compared to patients with CURB65 only observed in the OPTIMA I study, adjusted regression analysis showed a significant shorter initial LOS (7.5 vs. 10.4 days; -2.32; 95% CI, -4.51 to -0.13; p = 0.04) when CURB65-A was used in clinical routine. No significant differences were found for LOS within 30 days. There were no significant differences in safety outcomes in regard to mortality and ICU admission between the cohorts.; This post-study survey provides evidence that the use of ProADM in combination with CURB65 (CURB65-A) in "real life" situations reduces initial LOS compared to the CURB65 score alone without apparent negative effects on patient safety.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin AG > Argovia Professur für Medizin (Müller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin AG > Argovia Professur für Medizin (Müller)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Metabolism (Keller/Müller)
UniBasel Contributors:Müller, Beat
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:MDPI
e-ISSN:2077-0383
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:02 Oct 2015 10:00

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