Suspected bacteremia in adult critically ill patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Intensive Care Unit
Sakai City Medical Center Kameda General Hospital Musashino Red Cross Hospital Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Blood cultures collected during clinically suspected episodes of bacteremia AND 1. Obtained from adult (20 years or older) critically ill patients 2. A paired blood culture sets, consisting of one blood culture set drawn from existing arterial catheters and one blood culture set drawn from peripheral skin punctures. All blood cultures obtained from adult critically ill patients will be screened for eligibility during the study period. All consecutive blood culture sets will be enrolled if they fulfill the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Obtained from arterial lines without a closed blood sampling system 2. Percutaneous procedures (PCI, IVR) had performed through the arterial line 3. Inappropriately labeled blood cultures 4. Enrolled in this study previously 5. Refusal of study participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportions of blood culture contamination Assessment of the primary outcome: every positive blood culture will be evaluated with two staff infectious disease specialists who will be blinded to the source of the blood culture (arterial catheters or skin puncture). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The volumes of collected blood; the sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of true bacteremia | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactIzumi Nakayama
Okinawa Chubu Hospital Intensive Care Unit
Outcome results
None listed