TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of the IDSA/ATS minor criteria for severe community-acquired pneumonia.
AU - Sibila, Oriol
AU - Mortensen, Eric M.
AU - Redrow, Grant
AU - Lugo, Esmeralda
AU - Laserna, Elena
AU - Anzueto, Antonio
AU - Restrepo, Marcos
N1 - Funding Information:
Oriol Sibila, MD is supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (BAE11/00102) and Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toracica (SEPAR). Oriol Sibila, MD and Elena Laserna, MD are supported by Societat Catalana de Pneumologia (SOCAP) and Fundacio Catalana de Pneumologia (FUCAP). Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc is supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute faculty start-up grant 00378-001 and a Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 17 new faculty grant. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The principal investigator’s time is partially protected by award number K23HL096054 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Our aim was to evaluate the minor criteria recommended by the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) as predictors of 30-day mortality, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, and/or the need for vasopressor support as markers of severity in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Patients admitted to 2 academic teaching hospitals over a 4-year period (January 1, 1999 to December 1, 2002) were identified as having CAP. We used modified minor criteria established by the 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines. The primary outcome measure was 30-day mortality, and the secondary outcome measures were need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or need for vasopressor support. About half of the patients in the cohort (n = 352/787 [46%]) had ≥ 1 minor criterion, but only 128 (16.3%) had ≥ 3 minor criteria present at hospital admission. In the multivariable analysis, hypoxemia, multilobar infiltrates, and leukopenia were associated with 30-day mortality (P < 0.05). In addition, hypoxemia and confusion/disorientation were associated with the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support (P < 0.05). The presence of ≥ 3 minor criteria was associated with 30-day mortality (odds ratio, 4.82), and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support (odds ratio, 2.59). Our results show that hypoxemia, multilobar infiltrates, and leukopenia were the most predictive minor criteria for 30-day mortality. In contrast, hypoxemia and confusion/disorientation were the 2 individual minor severe criteria that were more likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support. At least 3 2007 IDSA/ATS minor severe criteria were associated with 30-day mortality and need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support.
AB - Our aim was to evaluate the minor criteria recommended by the 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) as predictors of 30-day mortality, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, and/or the need for vasopressor support as markers of severity in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Patients admitted to 2 academic teaching hospitals over a 4-year period (January 1, 1999 to December 1, 2002) were identified as having CAP. We used modified minor criteria established by the 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines. The primary outcome measure was 30-day mortality, and the secondary outcome measures were need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or need for vasopressor support. About half of the patients in the cohort (n = 352/787 [46%]) had ≥ 1 minor criterion, but only 128 (16.3%) had ≥ 3 minor criteria present at hospital admission. In the multivariable analysis, hypoxemia, multilobar infiltrates, and leukopenia were associated with 30-day mortality (P < 0.05). In addition, hypoxemia and confusion/disorientation were associated with the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support (P < 0.05). The presence of ≥ 3 minor criteria was associated with 30-day mortality (odds ratio, 4.82), and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support (odds ratio, 2.59). Our results show that hypoxemia, multilobar infiltrates, and leukopenia were the most predictive minor criteria for 30-day mortality. In contrast, hypoxemia and confusion/disorientation were the 2 individual minor severe criteria that were more likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support. At least 3 2007 IDSA/ATS minor severe criteria were associated with 30-day mortality and need for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasopressor support.
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U2 - 10.3810/hp.2012.04.981
DO - 10.3810/hp.2012.04.981
M3 - Article
C2 - 22615090
AN - SCOPUS:84905731853
SN - 2154-8331
VL - 40
SP - 158
EP - 164
JO - Hospital practice (1995)
JF - Hospital practice (1995)
IS - 2
ER -