Culture positivity is a strong prognostic indicator of in-hospital mortality for COVID-19 patients with sepsis
Critical Care
; 26(SUPPL 1), 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1793866
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Despite numerous clinical scoring systems, outcome modeling for COVID-19 patients with sepsis remains poor. To address this deficit, we assessed the impact of culture positivity on in-hospital mortality for COVID-19 patients with sepsis. We report that culture positive sepsis derived from blood, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a stronger prognostic indicator of in-hospital mortality for COVID-19 patients than the Sequential Organ Failure Score (SOFA). These results support inclusion of culture status in future clinical scoring systems.Methods:
The cohort was defined by inpatients from 03/20 to 09/21 with a COVID-19 + test (PCR, rapid-antigen, antibody) and septic event (n = 792) as defined by Sepsis-3 guidelines [1]. Each patient's worst SOFA score was computed during their suspected infection window (defined as 24 h prior to and 48 h after the first antibiotic administration or body-fluid culture taken). Study groups included culture positive (n = 478) and culture negative (n = 314) sepsis patients. Charlson comorbidity scores for each patient were calculated prior admission. Positive predictors of in-hospital mortality were assessed with multivariate logistic regression and evaluated for statistical significance using the CAR-ANOVA Type-III test with Bonferroni method.Results:
Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that culture positivity had the greatest adjusted odds ratio (OR 3.19, 95% CI 2.09- 4.98, p < 0.001, corr. p < 0.001), compared to worst SOFA score (OR 1.91, 95% CI 1.61-2.27, p < 0.001, corr. p < 0.001), patient age (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.20-1.80, p < 0.001, corr. p < 0.001), male sex (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.15-2.42, p < 0.006, corr. p = NS) and comorbidity score (OR 1.02, 95% CI 0.84-1.22, p = NS, corr. p = NS) (Fig. 1).Conclusions:
Culture positivity is a strong prognostic indicator of inhospital mortality for COVID-19 sepsis patients and warrants investigation as a candidate variable for future clinical outcome algorithms.
antibiotic agent; adult; algorithm; analysis of variance; antigen antibody complex; body fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; Charlson Comorbidity Index; clinical outcome; cohort analysis; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; drug therapy; hospital patient; human; in-hospital mortality; lung lavage; major clinical study; male; outcome assessment; practice guideline; scoring system; sepsis; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score; statistical significance
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EMBASE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Critical Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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