| Lost in translation? Reliability of assessing inpatient antimicrobial appropriateness with use of computerized case vignettes. | |
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PMID: 19090769 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe and measure reliability of a computer-assisted method of case vignette assembly and expert review to assess the appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy for hospitalized adults. DESIGN: Feasibility and reliability analysis of computer-assisted tool used to compare the effects of antimicrobial stewardship interventions. SETTING: Public teaching hospital. PATIENTS: Randomly selected adult antimicrobial recipients admitted to inpatient medicine services. METHODS: Clinical data abstracted from 504 paper medical records were merged with computerized laboratory and pharmacy data to assemble case vignettes that underwent expert review for appropriateness. We performed 3 validations, as follows: data for 35 vignettes abstracted independently by 2 research assistants were assessed for interrater agreement, expert review of 24 vignettes was compared with review of the corresponding paper medical records, and interrater reliability of antimicrobial appropriateness assessments by 2 experts was determined for 70 case vignettes. RESULTS: Vignette assembly and expert review each required 10-12 minutes per case. Potentially important discrepancies occurred in 0%-32% of clinical findings abstracted independently by 2 research assistants. Expert review of 24 vignettes and the corresponding full paper medical records yielded fair agreement (kappa, 0.30). The 2 experts identified inappropriate initial antimicrobial therapy in 67% and 61% of case vignettes reviewed independently; interrater agreement was improved after sequential case discussion and stringent application of appropriateness criteria (kappa, 0.72). CONCLUSIONS: Our case vignette assembly and expert review method is efficient, but improvements in both technical and human performance are needed to be able to yield valid estimates of the prevalence of inappropriate antimicrobial use. Assessments of antimicrobial appropriateness require validation. |
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Authors:
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David N Schwartz; Ulysses S Wu; Rosie D Lyles; Yingxu Xiang; Piotr Kieszkowski; Bala Hota; Robert A Weinstein |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America Volume: 30 ISSN: 1559-6834 ISO Abbreviation: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Publication Date: 2009 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-01-16 Completed Date: 2009-03-03 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804099 Medline TA: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 163-71 Citation Subset: IM; N |
Affiliation:
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA. david.schwartz@hektoen.org |
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Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage, therapeutic use* Drug Utilization Review* Guideline Adherence Hospitals, Public Hospitals, Teaching Humans Infection / drug therapy* Inpatients Medical Records Systems, Computerized* Practice Guidelines as Topic Program Evaluation* / standards |
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0/Anti-Bacterial Agents |
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