Electronic Application of a Severe Sepsis Screening Tool and Management Bundle
NCT ID: NCT01724463
Last Updated: 2015-03-31
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UNKNOWN
30000 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2013-03-31
2018-10-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Study Type: Prospective Cohort Outcomes Study
Background: Early recognition of severe sepsis is critical for the institution of goal- directed therapy and for improving patient outcomes. Barriers to early recognition include the lack of standardized tools to identify children with severe sepsis. The investigators will study the potential impact of applying a novel Pediatric Severe Sepsis Screening Tool (PSSST) integrated with the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to facilitate earlier detection and effective management of severe sepsis.
Population: Patients between the ages 1 month and 18 years admitted to the hospital or presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with clinical signs of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
Primary Hypothesis: Prospective application of a PSSST electronically integrated with the EHR can accurately diagnose pediatric patients with early signs of severe sepsis.
Primary Outcome Measure: Proportion of correctly diagnosed patients with severe sepsis among those presenting with SIRS will be assessed to prospectively validate the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the PSSST tool.
Secondary Hypothesis 1: Application of the PSSST will reduce lag-time for the administration of a goal-directed sepsis therapy bundle by 50%.
Outcome Measure: Time delay from diagnostic identification to critical therapeutic intervention. Sepsis Recognition Lag Time will be defined as the time elapsed from the first electronic alert to the first therapeutic intervention. Therapeutic interventions will be defined as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), fluid resuscitation, initiation of cardiotonic agents, or request for transfer to the ICU. Since this is an intent-to-diagnose study, outcomes defined above will be compared with those for the same period in the preceding year.
Secondary Hypothesis 2: Application of a severe sepsis management bundle will reduce mortality and morbidity.
Outcome Measure: Proportion of deaths in the study population due to severe sepsis. Morbidity will be defined as the number of ventilator days, days on vasopressor or inotropic agents, days of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support, need for tracheostomy, need for Gastrostomy tube.
Proposed Study Design:
The investigators will conduct a prospective study where patients within the ED and inpatient units are electronically screened using the PSSST during a 3-year study period. Patients will be screened using a novel electronic tracking tool designed locally, using pre-defined severe sepsis variables and validated on patients with severe sepsis. Patients screened as positive for severe sepsis using the electronic tracking tool will be treated prospectively with a standardized severe sepsis management bundle. Data will be collected prospectively on all patients admitted to the ED and inpatient units. For the ED and each inpatient unit, the outcomes defined above will be compared with those for the same period in the preceding year.
Covariates: Demographic, clinical characteristics and sepsis-specific factors that could potentially influence the effect of the alerts on critical intervention.
Statistical Analysis:
To assess the effectiveness of this tool, we will compare the proportions of the population with each variable of interest between the intervention and prior periods.
1. To assess the efficacy of the PSSST, we will compare the changes over time in the proportion of patients diagnosed severe sepsis adjusting for key covariates of interest.
2. To assess the effectiveness of the PSSST in reducing treatment delays, we will compare changes in the Sepsis Recognition Lag Time between the intervention and control periods, while adjusting for key covariates of interest.
3. To assess the efficacy of the PSSST in reducing mortality, we will compare the changes in the age and risk adjusted mortality rates over time between the intervention and control periods.
The investigators will use a robust variance estimate for all analyses to account for the clustering of patients within units. We will also use propensity scores to control for differences in patient characteristics and diagnostic categories.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Electronically Screened Sepsis Patients
Patients between the ages 1 month and 18 years admitted to the hospital or presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with clinical signs of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) electronically screened for severe sepsis. Patients screened as positive will receive an evidence based goal directed severe sepsis management bundle.
Severe Sepsis Management Bundle
Management Bundle includes:
1. Securing Intravenous Access
2. Obtaining Blood Culture
3. Antibiotic Administration
4. Goal Directed Fluid Bolus Therapy
5. Oxygen Administration
6. Measuring Serum Lactate Levels
Interventions
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Severe Sepsis Management Bundle
Management Bundle includes:
1. Securing Intravenous Access
2. Obtaining Blood Culture
3. Antibiotic Administration
4. Goal Directed Fluid Bolus Therapy
5. Oxygen Administration
6. Measuring Serum Lactate Levels
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Clinical Suspicion of Infection
3. Patients in the Hospital or Emergency Department
Exclusion Criteria
2. Patients receiving Anesthesia
3. Day Surgery Patients
4. Outpatient Clinic Patients
5. Congenital Heart Disease Patients
6. Myocarditis Neonates Patients older than 18 years
1 Month
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Tennessee
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Samir H. Shah
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Principal Investigators
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Samir H Shah, MBBS MBA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Kanwaljeet S Anand, MBBS FCCM
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Locations
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University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center / Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Brierley J, Carcillo JA, Choong K, Cornell T, Decaen A, Deymann A, Doctor A, Davis A, Duff J, Dugas MA, Duncan A, Evans B, Feldman J, Felmet K, Fisher G, Frankel L, Jeffries H, Greenwald B, Gutierrez J, Hall M, Han YY, Hanson J, Hazelzet J, Hernan L, Kiff J, Kissoon N, Kon A, Irazuzta J, Lin J, Lorts A, Mariscalco M, Mehta R, Nadel S, Nguyen T, Nicholson C, Peters M, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Poulton T, Relves M, Rodriguez A, Rozenfeld R, Schnitzler E, Shanley T, Kache S, Skippen P, Torres A, von Dessauer B, Weingarten J, Yeh T, Zaritsky A, Stojadinovic B, Zimmerman J, Zuckerberg A. Clinical practice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: 2007 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb;37(2):666-88. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819323c6.
Kissoon N, Orr RA, Carcillo JA. Updated American College of Critical Care Medicine--pediatric advanced life support guidelines for management of pediatric and neonatal septic shock: relevance to the emergency care clinician. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Nov;26(11):867-9. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181fb0dc0.
Cruz AT, Perry AM, Williams EA, Graf JM, Wuestner ER, Patel B. Implementation of goal-directed therapy for children with suspected sepsis in the emergency department. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e758-66. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2895. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
Coba V, Whitmill M, Mooney R, Horst HM, Brandt MM, Digiovine B, Mlynarek M, McLellan B, Boleski G, Yang J, Conway W, Jordan J; (The Henry Ford Hospital Sepsis Collaborative Group). Resuscitation bundle compliance in severe sepsis and septic shock: improves survival, is better late than never. J Intensive Care Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;26(5):304-13. doi: 10.1177/0885066610392499. Epub 2011 Jan 10.
Nguyen HB, Corbett SW, Steele R, Banta J, Clark RT, Hayes SR, Edwards J, Cho TW, Wittlake WA. Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality. Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr;35(4):1105-12. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000259463.33848.3D.
Larosa JA, Ahmad N, Feinberg M, Shah M, Dibrienza R, Studer S. The use of an early alert system to improve compliance with sepsis bundles and to assess impact on mortality. Crit Care Res Pract. 2012;2012:980369. doi: 10.1155/2012/980369. Epub 2012 Feb 26.
Goldstein B, Giroir B, Randolph A; International Consensus Conference on Pediatric Sepsis. International pediatric sepsis consensus conference: definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Jan;6(1):2-8. doi: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000149131.72248.E6.
Oliveira CF, Nogueira de Sa FR, Oliveira DS, Gottschald AF, Moura JD, Shibata AR, Troster EJ, Vaz FA, Carcillo JA. Time- and fluid-sensitive resuscitation for hemodynamic support of children in septic shock: barriers to the implementation of the American College of Critical Care Medicine/Pediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines in a pediatric intensive care unit in a developing world. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2008 Dec;24(12):810-5. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31818e9f3a.
Related Links
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UTHSC/Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Program
Other Identifiers
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eASSIST-M
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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