Influence of an Infectious Diseases Specialist on ICU Multidisciplinary Rounds

Table 1

Influence of the presence and absence of an infectious diseases specialist (IDS) on antibiotic use decisions by the ICU Multidisciplinary Team at Providence Portland Medical Center.

	In the presence of IDS	In the absence of IDS
Number of rounding sessions	61	51
Total number of patients receiving antimicrobials pre-rounds	384	352
Total days of therapy (DOT)
Prerounds	669	593
Postrounds	511	572
Difference	−158	−21
Decrease DOT/patient	−0.41*	−0.06*
Total cost of antimicrobial regimen, $
Prerounds	17,521	15,153
Postrounds	13,749	14,426
Difference	−3,772	−727
Decrease cost/patient	−9.82*	−2.10*
Number of multidisciplinary rounds where DOT
Increased	0	14
Did not change	15	14
Decreased	46*	23*

^∗𝑃=0.001.