Clinical Utility of Rapid Pathogen Identification for Detecting the Causative Organisms in Sepsis: A Single-Center Study in Korea
Table 4
Clinical outcomes of the preintervention and postintervention groups.
Variable
Preintervention group ()
Postintervention group ()
Time from blood draw to susceptibility reporting (h)
108.7 ± 43.1
90.2 ± 32.1
0.02
Active antimicrobial therapy at susceptibility reporting ( or 51)a
17 (47)
39 (77)
0.005
28-day mortality after ICU admission
28 (70)
23 (40)
0.003
Cause of death ( or 23)
0.72
Sepsis-related
23 (82)
20 (87)
—
Other causes
5 (18)
3 (13)
—
In survivors ( or 35)
MV duration (d) ( or 19)
16.8 ± 17.5
17.8 ± 27.5
0.93
ICU length of stay (d)
17.1 ± 13.5
22.1 ± 20.5
0.44
Hospital length of stay (d)
49.5 ± 35.0
52.5 ± 41.1
0.82
The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (percentage) of patients. values indicate the results of comparing the preintervention and postintervention groups by using Student’s t-, chi-squared, or Fisher’s exact tests. ICU: intensive care unit; MV: mechanical ventilation. aPatients with incomplete data regarding the microorganisms or antibiotics were excluded.
