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1. Colonization of High-Risk Children with Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Greece

Author: Mougkou, K., Michos, A., Spyridopoulou, K., Daikos, G. L., Spyridis, N., Syriopoulou, V., and Zaoutis, T.
Published: 2013
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2. The worldwide Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children

Author: Versporten A1, Bielicki J2, Drapier N1, Sharland M2, Goossens H3, ARPEC project group. Calle GM, Garrahan JP, Clark J, Cooper C, Blyth CC, Francis JR, Alsalman J, Jansens H, Mahieu L, Van Rossom P, Vandewal W, Lepage P, Blumental S, Briquet C, Robbrecht D, Maton P, Gabriels P, Rubic Z, Kovacevic T, Nielsen JP, Petersen JR, Poorisrisak P, Jensen LH, Laan M, Tamm E, Matsinen M, Rummukainen ML, Gajdos V, Olivier R, Le Maréchal F, Martinot A, Dubos F, Lagrée M, Prot-Labarthe S, Lorrot M, Orbach D, Pagava K, Hufnagel M, Knuf M, Schlag SA, Liese J, Renner L, Enimil A, Awunyo M, Syridou G, Spyridis N, Critselis E, Kouni S, Mougkou K, Ladomenou F, Gkentzi D, Iosifidis E, Roilides E, Sahu S, Murki S, Malviya M, Kalavalapalli DB, Singh S, Singhal T, Garg G, Garg P, Kler N, Soltani J, Jafarpour Z, Pouladfar G, Nicolini G, Montagnani C, Galli L, Esposito S, Tenconi R, Lo Vecchio A, Dona' D, Giaquinto C, Borgia E, D'Argenio P, De Luca M, Centenari C, Raka L, Raka D, Omar A, Al-Mousa H, Mozgis D, Sviestina I, Burokiene S, Usonis V, Tavchioska G, Hargadon-Lowe A, Zarb P, Borg MA, González Lozano CA, Zárate Castañon P, Cancino ME, McCullagh B, McCorry A, Gormley C, Al Maskari Z, Al-Jardani A, Pluta M, Rodrigues F, Brett A, Esteves I, Marques L, Ali AlAjmi J, Claudia Cambrea S, Rashed AN, Mubarak Al Azmi AA, Chan SM, Isa MS, Najdenov P, Čižman M, Unuk S, Finlayson H, Dramowski A, Maté-Cano I, Soto B, Calvo C, Santiago B, Saavedra-Lozano J, Bustinza A, Escosa-García L, Ureta N, Lopez-Varela E, Rojo P, Tagarro A, Barrero PT, Rincon-Lopez EM, Abubakar I, Aston J, Heginbothom M, Satodia P, Garbash M, Johnson A, Sharpe D, Barton C, Menson E, Arenas-Lopez S, Luck S, Doerholt K, McMaster P, Caldwell NA, Lunn A, Drysdale SB, Howe R, Scorrer T, Gahleitner F, Gupta R, Nash C, Alexander J, Raman M, Bell E, Rajagopal V, Kohlhoff S, Cox E, Zaoutis T., Mahieu, Ludo, ARPEC Project Grp, ARPEC project group, Versporten, A1, Bielicki, J2, Drapier, N1, Sharland, M2, Goossens, H3, ARPEC project group., Calle GM, Garrahan, Jp, Clark, J, Cooper, C, Blyth, Cc, Francis, Jr, Alsalman, J, Jansens, H, Mahieu, L, Van Rossom, P, Vandewal, W, Lepage, P, Blumental, S, Briquet, C, Robbrecht, D, Maton, P, Gabriels, P, Rubic, Z, Kovacevic, T, Nielsen, Jp, Petersen, Jr, Poorisrisak, P, Jensen, Lh, Laan, M, Tamm, E, Matsinen, M, Rummukainen, Ml, Gajdos, V, Olivier, R, Le Maréchal, F, Martinot, A, Dubos, F, Lagrée, M, Prot-Labarthe, S, Lorrot, M, Orbach, D, Pagava, K, Hufnagel, M, Knuf, M, Schlag, Sa, Liese, J, Renner, L, Enimil, A, Awunyo, M, Syridou, G, Spyridis, N, Critselis, E, Kouni, S, Mougkou, K, Ladomenou, F, Gkentzi, D, Iosifidis, E, Roilides, E, Sahu, S, Murki, S, Malviya, M, Kalavalapalli, Db, Singh, S, Singhal, T, Garg, G, Garg, P, Kler, N, Soltani, J, Jafarpour, Z, Pouladfar, G, Nicolini, G, Montagnani, C, Galli, L, Esposito, S, Tenconi, R, Lo Vecchio, A, Dona', D, Giaquinto, C, Borgia, E, D'Argenio, P, De Luca, M, Centenari, C, Raka, L, Raka, D, Omar, A, Al-Mousa, H, Mozgis, D, Sviestina, I, Burokiene, S, Usonis, V, Tavchioska, G, Hargadon-Lowe, A, Zarb, P, Borg, Ma, González Lozano, Ca, Zárate Castañon, P, Cancino, Me, Mccullagh, B, Mccorry, A, Gormley, C, Al Maskari, Z, Al-Jardani, A, Pluta, M, Rodrigues, F, Brett, A, Esteves, I, Marques, L, Ali AlAjmi, J, Claudia Cambrea, S, Rashed, An, Mubarak Al Azmi, Aa, Chan, Sm, Isa, M, Najdenov, P, Čižman, M, Unuk, S, Finlayson, H, Dramowski, A, Maté-Cano, I, Soto, B, Calvo, C, Santiago, B, Saavedra-Lozano, J, Bustinza, A, Escosa-García, L, Ureta, N, Lopez-Varela, E, Rojo, P, Tagarro, A, Barrero, Pt, Rincon-Lopez, Em, Abubakar, I, Aston, J, Heginbothom, M, Satodia, P, Garbash, M, Johnson, A, Sharpe, D, Barton, C, Menson, E, Arenas-Lopez, S, Luck, S, Doerholt, K, Mcmaster, P, Caldwell, Na, Lunn, A, Drysdale, Sb, Howe, R, Scorrer, T, Gahleitner, F, Gupta, R, Nash, C, Alexander, J, Raman, M, Bell, E, Rajagopal, V, Kohlhoff, S, Cox, E, and Zaoutis, T.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pediatrics, Latin Americans, Cross-sectional study, Prevalence, Psychological intervention, Drug resistance, Global Health, infectious diseases, 0302 clinical medicine, Global health, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, antibiotics, children, Drugs -- Prescribing, Pharmacology. Therapy, Hospitals -- Europe, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Hospitals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Europe, Child, Preschool, Anti-infective agents, Female, medicine.drug, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Cefepime, 030106 microbiology, Drug Prescriptions, 03 medical and health sciences, Surgical prophylaxis, pharmacology, pharmacology (medical), Environmental health, Humans, Biology, Quality Indicators, Health Care, business.industry, Health status indicators -- Europe, Infant, Drug Utilization, Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Care Surveys, Human medicine, business
Abstract: Objectives: Previously, web-based tools for cross-sectional antimicrobial point prevalence surveys (PPSs) have been used in adults to develop indicators of quality improvement. We aimed to determine the feasibility of developing similar quality indicators of improved antimicrobial prescribing focusing specifically on hospitalized neonates and children worldwide. Methods: A standardized antimicrobial PPS method was employed. Included were all inpatient children and neonates receiving an antimicrobial at 8:00 am on the day of the PPS. Denominators included the total number of inpatients. A web-based application was used for data entry, validation and reporting. We analysed 2012 data from 226 hospitals (H) in 41 countries (C) from Europe (174H; 24C), Africa (6H; 4C), Asia (25H; 8C), Australia (6H), Latin America (11H; 3C) and North America (4H). Results: Of 17693 admissions, 6499 (36.7%) inpatients received at least one antimicrobial, but this varied considerably between wards and regions. Potential indicators included very high broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing in children of mainly ceftriaxone (ranked first in Eastern Europe, 31.3%; Asia, 13.0%; Southern Europe, 9.8%), cefepime (ranked third in North America, 7.8%) and meropenem (ranked first in Latin America, 13.1%). The survey identified worryingly high use of critically important antibiotics for hospital-acquired infections in neonates (34.9%; range from 14.2% in Africa to 68.0% in Latin America) compared with children (28.3%; range from 14.5% in Africa to 48.9% in Latin America). Parenteral administration was very common among children in Asia (88%), Latin America (81%) and Europe (67%). Documentation of the reasons for antibiotic prescribing was lowest in Latin America (52%). Prolonged surgical prophylaxis rates ranged from 78% (Europe) to 84% (Latin America). Conclusions: Simple web-based PPS tools provide a feasible method to identify areas for improvement of antibiotic use, to set benchmarks and to monitor future interventions in hospitalized neonates and children. To our knowledge, this study has derived the first global quality indicators for antibiotic use in hospitalized neonates and children., peer-reviewed
Published: 2018

3. New or Progressive Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: A Sepsis Phenotype With Higher Morbidity and Mortality

Author: Lin, John C, Spinella, Philip C., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Tucci, Marisa, Bush, Jenny L., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Pineres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., De Clety, S. Clement, Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, J. P., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Cross-sectional study, Multiple Organ Failure, Vascular damage Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 16], Prevalence, children, epidemiology, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, severe sepsis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Global Health, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Pediatrics, Article, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Intensive care medicine, Prospective cohort study, Septic shock, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Perinatology and Child Health, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Clinical trial, Cross-Sectional Studies, Phenotype, Child, Preschool, Disease Progression, Female, Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, business
Abstract: Copyright © 2016 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.Objectives: To describe the epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children with severe sepsis. Design: Secondary analysis of a prospective, cross-sectional, point prevalence study. Setting: International, multicenter PICUs. Patients: Pediatric patients with severe sepsis identified on five separate days over a 1-year period. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Of 567 patients from 128 PICUs in 26 countries enrolled, 384 (68%) developed multiple organ dysfunction syndrome within 7 days of severe sepsis recognition. Three hundred twenty-seven had multiple organ dysfunction syndrome on the day of sepsis recognition. Ninety-one of these patients developed progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, whereas an additional 57 patients subsequently developed new multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, yielding a total proportion with severe sepsis-associated new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome of 26%. Hospital mortality in patients with progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome was 51% compared with patients with new multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (28%) and those with single-organ dysfunction without multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (10%) (p < 0.001). Survivors of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome also had a higher frequency of moderate to severe disability defined as a Pediatric Overall Performance Category score of greater than or equal to 3 and an increase of greater than or equal to 1 from baseline: 22% versus 29% versus 11% for progressive, new, and no multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, respectively (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Development of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is common (26%) in severe sepsis and is associated with a higher risk of morbidity and mortality than severe sepsis without new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Our data support the use of new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome as an important outcome in trials of pediatric severe sepsis although efforts are needed to validate whether reducing new or progressive multiple organ dysfunction syndrome leads to improvements in more definitive morbidity and mortality endpoints.
Published: 2017

4. Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis

Author: Thakkar, Rajan K., primary, Weiss, Scott L., additional, Fitzgerald, Julie C., additional, Keele, Luke, additional, Thomas, Neal J., additional, Nadkarni, Vinay M., additional, Muszynski, Jennifer A., additional, Hall, Mark W., additional, Fontela, P., additional, Tucci, M., additional, Dumistrascu, M., additional, Skippen, P., additional, Krahn, G., additional, Bezares, E., additional, Puig, G., additional, Puig-Ramos, A., additional, Garcia, R., additional, Villar, M., additional, Bigham, M., additional, Polanski, T., additional, Latifi, S., additional, Giebner, D., additional, Anthony, H., additional, Hume, J., additional, Galster, A., additional, Linnerud, L., additional, Sanders, R., additional, Hefley, G., additional, Madden, K., additional, Thompson, A., additional, Shein, S., additional, Gertz, S., additional, Han, Y., additional, Williams, T., additional, Hughes-Schalk, A., additional, Chandler, H., additional, Orioles, A., additional, Zielinski, E., additional, Doucette, A., additional, Zebuhr, C., additional, Wilson, T., additional, Dimitriades, C., additional, Ascani, J., additional, Layburn, S., additional, Valley, S., additional, Markowitz, B., additional, Terry, J., additional, Morzov, R., additional, Mcinnes, A., additional, McArthur, J., additional, Woods, K., additional, Murkowski, K., additional, Spaeder, M., additional, Sharron, M., additional, Wheeler, D., additional, Beckman, E., additional, Frank, E., additional, Howard, K., additional, Carroll, C., additional, Nett, S., additional, Jarvis, D., additional, Patel, V., additional, Higgerson, R., additional, Christie, L., additional, Typpo, K., additional, Deschenes, J., additional, Kirby, A., additional, Uhl, T., additional, Rehder, K., additional, Cheifetz, I., additional, Wrenn, S., additional, Kypuros, K., additional, Ackerman, K., additional, Maffei, F., additional, Bloomquist, G., additional, Rizkalla, N., additional, Kimura, D., additional, Shah, S., additional, Tigges, C., additional, Su, F., additional, Barlow, C., additional, Michelson, K., additional, Wolfe, K., additional, Goodman, D., additional, Campbell, L., additional, Sorce, L., additional, Bysani, K., additional, Monjure, T., additional, Evans, M., additional, Totapally, B., additional, Chegondi, M., additional, Rodriguez, C., additional, Frazier, J., additional, Steele, L., additional, Viteri, S., additional, Costarino, A., additional, Thomas, N., additional, Spear, D., additional, Hirshberg, E., additional, Lilley, J., additional, Rowan, C., additional, Rider, C., additional, Kane, J., additional, Zimmerman, J., additional, Greeley, C., additional, Lin, J., additional, Jacobs, R., additional, Parker, M., additional, Culver, K., additional, Loftis, L., additional, Jaimon, N., additional, Goldsworthy, M., additional, Fitzgerald, J., additional, Weiss, S., additional, Nadkarni, V., additional, Bush, J., additional, Diliberto, M., additional, Allen, C., additional, Gessouroun, M., additional, Sapru, A., additional, Lang, T., additional, Alkhouli, M., additional, Kamath, S., additional, Friel, D., additional, Daufeldt, J., additional, Hsing, D., additional, Carlo, C., additional, Pon, S., additional, Scimeme, J., additional, Shaheen, A., additional, Hassinger, A., additional, Qiao, H., additional, Giuliano, J., additional, Tala, J., additional, Vinciguerra, D., additional, Fernandez, A., additional, Carrero, R., additional, Hoyos, P., additional, Jaramillo, J., additional, Posada, A., additional, Izquiierdo, L., additional, Olave, B.E. Piñeres, additional, Donado, J., additional, Dalmazzo, R., additional, Rendich, S., additional, Palma, L., additional, Lapadula, M., additional, Acuna, C., additional, Cruces, P., additional, De Clety, S. Clement, additional, Dujardin, M., additional, Berghe, C., additional, Renard, S., additional, Zurek, J., additional, Steinherr, H., additional, Mougkou, K., additional, Critselis, E., additional, Di Nardo, M., additional, Picardo, S., additional, Tortora, F., additional, Rossetti, E., additional, Fragasso, T., additional, Cogo, P., additional, Netto, R., additional, Dagys, A., additional, Gurskis, V., additional, Kevalas, R., additional, Neeleman, C., additional, Lemson, J., additional, Luijten, C., additional, Wojciech, K., additional, Pagowska-Klimek, I., additional, Szczepanska, M., additional, Karpe, J., additional, Nunes, P., additional, Almeida, H., additional, Rios, J., additional, Vieira, M., additional, Iniguez, J. P. Garcia, additional, Revilla, P., additional, Urbano, J., additional, Lopez-Herce, J., additional, Bustinza, A., additional, Palacios, A., additional, Hofheinz, S., additional, Rodriguez-Nunez, A., additional, Sanagustin, S., additional, Gonzalez, E., additional, Riaza, M., additional, Piaya, R., additional, Soler, P., additional, Esteban, E., additional, Laraudogoitia, J., additional, Monge, C., additional, Herrera, V., additional, Granados, J., additional, Gonzalez, C., additional, Koroglu, T., additional, Ozcelik, E., additional, Baines, P., additional, Plunkett, A., additional, Davis, P., additional, George, S., additional, Tibby, S., additional, Harris, J., additional, Agbeko, R., additional, Lampitt, R., additional, Brierley, J., additional, Peters, M., additional, Jones, A., additional, Dominguez, T., additional, Thiruchelvam, T., additional, Deep, A., additional, Ridley, L., additional, Bowen, W., additional, Levin, R., additional, Macleod, I., additional, Gray, M., additional, Hemat, N., additional, Alexander, J., additional, Ali, S., additional, Pappachan, J., additional, McCorkell, J., additional, Fortune, P., additional, MacDonald, M., additional, Hudnott, P., additional, Suyun, Q., additional, Singhi, S., additional, Nallasamy, K., additional, Lodha, R., additional, Shime, N., additional, Tabata, Y., additional, Saito, O., additional, Ikeyama, T., additional, Kawasaki, T., additional, Lum, L., additional, Abidin, A., additional, Kee, S., additional, Tang, S., additional, Jalil, R., additional, Guan, Y., additional, Yao, L., additional, Lin, K., additional, Ong, J., additional, Salloo, A., additional, Doedens, L., additional, Mathivha, L., additional, Reubenson, G., additional, Moaisi, S., additional, Pentz, A., additional, Green, R., additional, Schibler, A., additional, Erickson, S., additional, McEneiry, J., additional, Long, D., additional, Dorofaeff, T., additional, Coulthard, M., additional, Millar, J., additional, Delzoppo, C., additional, Williams, G., additional, Morritt, M., additional, Watts, N., additional, Beca, J., additional, Sherring, C., additional, and Bushell, T., additional
Published: 2019
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5. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in U.S. and European ICUs

Author: Giuliano, John S, Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Weiss, S., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.
Subjects: Male, Pediatrics, Cross-sectional study, shock, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Severity of Illness Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Child, Prospective cohort study, Pediatric intensive care unit, Perinatology and Child Health, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Child, Preschool, outcome, children, management, pediatric intensive care unit, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Female, medicine.symptom, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Critical Care, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Sepsis, 03 medical and health sciences, Intensive care, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, Healthcare Disparities, business.industry, Organ dysfunction, Infant, Newborn, Infant, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Health Status Disparities, medicine.disease, United States, Clinical trial, Cross-Sectional Studies, Multivariate Analysis, Emergency medicine, business
Abstract: Copyright © 2016 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.Objectives: Pediatric severe sepsis remains a significant global health problem without new therapies despite many multicenter clinical trials. We compared children managed with severe sepsis in European and U.S. PICUs to identify geographic variation, which may improve the design of future international studies. Design: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Data about PICU characteristics, patient demographics, therapies, and outcomes were compared. Multivariable regression models were used to determine adjusted differences in morbidity and mortality. Setting: European and U.S. PICUs. Patients: Children with severe sepsis managed in European and U.S. PICUs enrolled in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: European PICUs had fewer beds (median, 11 vs 24; p < 0.001). European patients were younger (median, 1 vs 6 yr; p < 0.001), had higher severity of illness (median Pediatric Index of Mortality-3, 5.0 vs 3.8; p = 0.02), and were more often admitted from the ward (37% vs 24%). Invasive mechanical ventilation, central venous access, and vasoactive infusions were used more frequently in European patients (85% vs 68%, p = 0.002; 91% vs 82%, p = 0.05; and 71% vs 50%; p < 0.001, respectively). Raw morbidity and mortality outcomes were worse for European compared with U.S. patients, but after adjusting for patient characteristics, there were no significant differences in mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, disability at discharge, length of stay, or ventilator/vasoactive-free days. Conclusions: Children with severe sepsis admitted to European PICUs have higher severity of illness, are more likely to be admitted from hospital wards, and receive more intensive care therapies than in the United States. The lack of significant differences in morbidity and mortality after adjusting for patient characteristics suggests that the approach to care between regions, perhaps related to PICU bed availability, needs to be considered in the design of future international clinical trials in pediatric severe sepsis.
Published: 2016

6. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in US and European ICUs

Author: Giuliano, J.S., Markovitz, B.P., Brierley, J., Levin, R., Williams, G., Lum, L.C.S., Dorofaeff, T., Cruces, P., Bush, J.L., Keele, L., Nadkarni, V.M., Thomas, N.J., Fitzgerald, J.C., Weiss, S.L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B.E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban-Torne E, Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Erickson, S., McEneiry, J., Long, D., Coulthard, M., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Morritt, M., Watts, N., Beca, J., Sherring, C., and Bushell, T.
Published: 2016

7. The worldwide antibiotic resistance and prescribing in european children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: Developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children

Author: Versporten, A. Bielicki, J. Drapier, N. Sharland, M. Goossens, H. Calle, G.M. Clark, J. Cooper, C. Blyth, C.C. Francis, J.R. Alsalman, J. Jansens, H. Mahieu, L. Van Rossom, P. Vandewal, W. Lepage, P. Blumental, S. Briquet, C. Robbrecht, D. Maton, P. Gabriels, P. Rubic, Z. Kovacevic, T. Nielsen, J.P. Petersen, J.R. Poorisrisak, P. Jensen, L.H. Laan, M. Tamm, E. Matsinen, M. Rummukainen, M.-L. Gajdos, V. Olivier, R. Le Maréchal, F. Martinot, A. Prot-Labarthe, S. Lorrot, M. Orbach, D. Pagava, K. Hufnagel, M. Knuf, M. Schlag, S.A.A. Liese, J. Renner, L. Enimil, A. Awunyo, M. Syridou, G. Spyridis, N. Critselis, E. Kouni, S. Mougkou, K. Ladomenou, F. Gkentzi, D. Iosifidis, E. Roilides, E. Sahu, S. Murki, S. Malviya, M. Kalavalapalli, D.B. Singh, S. Singhal, T. Garg, G. Garg, P. Kler, N. Soltani, J. Jafarpour, Z. Pouladfar, G. Nicolini, G. Montagnani, C. Galli, L. Esposito, S. Vecchio, A.L. Dona', D. Giaquinto, C. Borgia, E. D'Argenio, P. De Luca, M. Centenari, C. Raka, L. Omar, A. Al-Mousa, H. Mozgis, D. Sviestina, I. Burokiene, S. Usonis, V. Tavchioska, G. Hargadon-Lowe, A. Zarb, P. Borg, M.A. González Lozano, C.A. Castañon, P.Z. Cancino, M.E. McCullagh, B. McCorry, A. Gormley, C. Al Maskari, Z. Al-Jardani, A. Pluta, M. Rodrigues, F. Brett, A. Esteves, I. Marques, L. AlAjmi, J.A. Cambrea, S.C. Rashed, A.N. Al Azmi, A.A.M. Chan, S.M. Isa, M.S. Najdenov, P. Čižman, M. Unuk, S. Finlayson, H. Dramowski, A. Maté-Cano, I. Soto, B. Calvo, C. Santiago, B. Saavedra-Lozano, J. Bustinza, A. Escosa-García, L. Ureta, N. Tagarro, A. Barrero, P.T. Rincon-Lopez, E.M. Abubakar, I. Aston, J. Heginbothom, M. Satodia, P. Garbash, M. Johnson, A. Sharpe, D. Barton, C. Menson, E. Arenas-Lopez, S. Luck, S. Doerholt, K. McMaster, P. Caldwell, N.A. Lunn, A. Drysdale, S.B. Howe, R. Scorrer, T. Gahleitner, F. Gupta, R. Nash, C. Alexander, J. Raman, M. Bell, E. Rajagopal, V. Kohlhoff, S. Cox, E. Zaoutis, T. ARPEC project group
Abstract: Objectives: Previously, web-based tools for cross-sectional antimicrobial point prevalence surveys (PPSs) have been used in adults to develop indicators of quality improvement. We aimed to determine the feasibility of developing similar quality indicators of improved antimicrobial prescribing focusing specifically on hospitalized neonates and children worldwide. Methods: A standardized antimicrobial PPS method was employed. Included were all inpatient children and neonates receiving an antimicrobial at 8:00 am on the day of the PPS. Denominators included the total number of inpatients. A web-based application was used for data entry, validation and reporting. We analysed 2012 data from 226 hospitals (H) in 41 countries (C) from Europe (174H; 24C), Africa (6H; 4C), Asia (25H; 8C), Australia (6H), Latin America (11H; 3C) and North America (4H). Results: Of 17 693 admissions, 6499 (36.7%) inpatients received at least one antimicrobial, but this varied considerably between wards and regions. Potential indicators included very high broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing in children of mainly ceftriaxone (ranked first in Eastern Europe, 31.3%; Asia, 13.0%; Southern Europe, 9.8%), cefepime (ranked third in North America, 7.8%) and meropenem (ranked first in Latin America, 13.1%). The survey identified worryingly high use of critically important antibiotics for hospital-acquired infections in neonates (34.9%; range from 14.2% in Africa to 68.0% in Latin America) compared with children (28.3%; range from 14.5% in Africa to 48.9% in Latin America). Parenteral administration was very common among children in Asia (88%), Latin America (81%) and Europe (67%). Documentation of the reasons for antibiotic prescribing was lowest in Latin America (52%). Prolonged surgical prophylaxis rates ranged from 78% (Europe) to 84% (Latin America). Conclusions: Simple web-based PPS tools provide a feasible method to identify areas for improvement of antibiotic use, to set benchmarks and to monitor future interventions in hospitalized neonates and children. To our knowledge, this study has derived the first global quality indicators for antibiotic use in hospitalized neonates and children. © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
Published: 2016

8. Gap analysis of infection control practices in low- and middle-income countries

Author: Weinshel, K. Dramowski, A. Hajdu, Á. Jacob, S. Khanal, B. Zoltán, M. Mougkou, K. Phukan, C. Staneloni, M.I. Singh, N.
Abstract: background. Healthcare-associated infection rates are higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with high-income countries, resulting in relatively larger incidence of patient mortality and disability and additional healthcare costs. objective. To use the Infection Control Assessment Tool to assess gaps in infection control (IC) practices in the participating countries. methods. Six international sites located in Argentina, Greece, Hungary, India, Nepal, and South Africa provided information on the health facility and the surgical modules relating to IC programs, surgical antibiotic use and surgical equipment procedures, surgical area practices, sterilization and disinfection of equipment and intravenous fluid, and hand hygiene. Modules were scored for each country. results. The 6 international sites completed 5 modules. Of 121 completed sections, scores of less than 50% of the recommended IC practices were received in 23 (19%) and scores from 50% to 75% were received in 43 (36%). IC programs had various limitations in many sites and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections was not consistently performed. Lack of administration of perioperative antibiotics, inadequate sterilization and disinfection of equipment, and paucity of hand hygiene were found even in a high-income country. There was also a lack of clearly written defined policies and procedures across many facilities. conclusions. Our results indicate that adherence to recommended IC practices is suboptimal. Opportunities for improvement of IC practices exist in several areas, including hospital-wide IC programs and surveillance, antibiotic stewardship, written and posted guidelines and policies across a range of topics, surgical instrument sterilization procedures, and improved hand hygiene. © 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
Published: 2015

9. An Infant with Purpuric Rash and Edema

Author: Argyri, I. Korona, A. Mougkou, K. Vougiouka, O. Tsolia, M. Spyridis, N.
Published: 2015

10. Antibiotic prescribing and expenditures in outpatient paediatrics in Greece, 2010-13

Author: Kourlaba, G. Kourkouni, E. Spyridis, N. Gerber, J.S. Kopsidas, J. Mougkou, K. Lourida, A. Zaoutis, T.E.
Abstract: Objectives: The objectives of this study were to provide a nationally representative analysis of antibiotic prescribing in outpatient paediatrics and to assess overall and class-specific antibiotic costs in Greece. Methods: Data on antibiotic prescriptions for patients aged ≤19 years old between July 2010 and June 2013 in Greece were extracted from the IMS Health Xponent database. Antibiotics were grouped into narrow- and broad-spectrum agents. The number of prescribed antibiotics and census denominators were used to calculate prescribing rates. The total costs associated with prescribed antibiotics were calculated. Results: More than 7 million antibiotics were prescribed during the study period, with an annual rate of 1100 antibiotics/1000 persons. Prescribing rates were higher among children aged
Published: 2015

11. The worldwide antibiotic resistance and prescribing in european children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: Developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children.

Author: Soltani J., Kovacevic T., Nielsen J.P., Petersen J.R., Poorisrisak P., Jensen L.H., Laan M., Tamm E., Matsinen M., Rummukainen M.-L., Gajdos V., Olivier R., Le Marechal F., Martinot A., Prot-Labarthe S., Lorrot M., Orbach D., Pagava K., Hufnagel M., Knuf M., Schlag S.A.A., Liese J., Renner L., Enimil A., Awunyo M., Syridou G., Spyridis N., Critselis E., Kouni S., Mougkou K., Ladomenou F., Gkentzi D., Iosifidis E., Roilides E., Sahu S., Murki S., Malviya M., Kalavalapalli D.B., Singh S., Singhal T., Garg G., Garg P., Kler N., Jafarpour Z., Pouladfar G., Nicolini G., Montagnani C., Galli L., Esposito S., Vecchio A.L., Dona' D., Giaquinto C., Borgia E., D'Argenio P., De Luca M., Centenari C., Raka L., Omar A., Al-Mousa H., Mozgis D., Sviestina I., Burokiene S., Usonis V., Tavchioska G., Hargadon-Lowe A., Zarb P., Borg M.A., Gonzalez Lozano C.A., Castanon P.Z., Cancino M.E., McCullagh B., McCorry A., Gormley C., Al Maskari Z., Al-Jardani A., Pluta M., Rodrigues F., Brett A., Esteves I., Marques L., AlAjmi J.A., Cambrea S.C., Rashed A.N., Al Azmi A.A.M., Chan S.M., Isa M.S., Najdenov P., Cizman M., Unuk S., Finlayson H., Dramowski A., Mate-Cano I., Soto B., Calvo C., Santiago B., Saavedra-Lozano J., Bustinza A., Escosa-Garcia L., Ureta N., Tagarro A., Barrero P.T., Rincon-Lopez E.M., Abubakar I., Aston J., Heginbothom M., Satodia P., Garbash M., Johnson A., Sharpe D., Barton C., Menson E., Arenas-Lopez S., Luck S., Doerholt K., McMaster P., Caldwell N.A., Lunn A., Drysdale S.B., Howe R., Scorrer T., Gahleitner F., Gupta R., Nash C., Alexander J., Raman M., Bell E., Rajagopal V., Kohlhoff S., Cox E., Zaoutis T., Versporten A., Bielicki J., Drapier N., Sharland M., Goossens H., Calle G.M., Clark J., Cooper C., Blyth C.C., Francis J.R., Alsalman J., Jansens H., Mahieu L., Van Rossom P., Vandewal W., Lepage P., Blumental S., Briquet C., Robbrecht D., Maton P., Gabriels P., Rubic Z., Soltani J., Kovacevic T., Nielsen J.P., Petersen J.R., Poorisrisak P., Jensen L.H., Laan M., Tamm E., Matsinen M., Rummukainen M.-L., Gajdos V., Olivier R., Le Marechal F., Martinot A., Prot-Labarthe S., Lorrot M., Orbach D., Pagava K., Hufnagel M., Knuf M., Schlag S.A.A., Liese J., Renner L., Enimil A., Awunyo M., Syridou G., Spyridis N., Critselis E., Kouni S., Mougkou K., Ladomenou F., Gkentzi D., Iosifidis E., Roilides E., Sahu S., Murki S., Malviya M., Kalavalapalli D.B., Singh S., Singhal T., Garg G., Garg P., Kler N., Jafarpour Z., Pouladfar G., Nicolini G., Montagnani C., Galli L., Esposito S., Vecchio A.L., Dona' D., Giaquinto C., Borgia E., D'Argenio P., De Luca M., Centenari C., Raka L., Omar A., Al-Mousa H., Mozgis D., Sviestina I., Burokiene S., Usonis V., Tavchioska G., Hargadon-Lowe A., Zarb P., Borg M.A., Gonzalez Lozano C.A., Castanon P.Z., Cancino M.E., McCullagh B., McCorry A., Gormley C., Al Maskari Z., Al-Jardani A., Pluta M., Rodrigues F., Brett A., Esteves I., Marques L., AlAjmi J.A., Cambrea S.C., Rashed A.N., Al Azmi A.A.M., Chan S.M., Isa M.S., Najdenov P., Cizman M., Unuk S., Finlayson H., Dramowski A., Mate-Cano I., Soto B., Calvo C., Santiago B., Saavedra-Lozano J., Bustinza A., Escosa-Garcia L., Ureta N., Tagarro A., Barrero P.T., Rincon-Lopez E.M., Abubakar I., Aston J., Heginbothom M., Satodia P., Garbash M., Johnson A., Sharpe D., Barton C., Menson E., Arenas-Lopez S., Luck S., Doerholt K., McMaster P., Caldwell N.A., Lunn A., Drysdale S.B., Howe R., Scorrer T., Gahleitner F., Gupta R., Nash C., Alexander J., Raman M., Bell E., Rajagopal V., Kohlhoff S., Cox E., Zaoutis T., Versporten A., Bielicki J., Drapier N., Sharland M., Goossens H., Calle G.M., Clark J., Cooper C., Blyth C.C., Francis J.R., Alsalman J., Jansens H., Mahieu L., Van Rossom P., Vandewal W., Lepage P., Blumental S., Briquet C., Robbrecht D., Maton P., Gabriels P., and Rubic Z.
Abstract: Objectives: Previously, web-based tools for cross-sectional antimicrobial point prevalence surveys (PPSs) have been used in adults to develop indicators of quality improvement. We aimed to determine the feasibility of developing similar quality indicators of improved antimicrobial prescribing focusing specifically on hospitalized neonates and children worldwide. Method(s): A standardized antimicrobial PPS method was employed. Included were all inpatient children and neonates receiving an antimicrobial at 8:00 am on the day of the PPS. Denominators included the total number of inpatients. A web-based application was used for data entry, validation and reporting. We analysed 2012 data from 226 hospitals (H) in 41 countries (C) from Europe (174H; 24C), Africa (6H; 4C), Asia (25H; 8C), Australia (6H), Latin America (11H; 3C) and North America (4H). Result(s): Of 17 693 admissions, 6499 (36.7%) inpatients received at least one antimicrobial, but this varied considerably between wards and regions. Potential indicators included very high broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing in children of mainly ceftriaxone (ranked first in Eastern Europe, 31.3%; Asia, 13.0%; Southern Europe, 9.8%), cefepime (ranked third in North America, 7.8%) and meropenem (ranked first in Latin America, 13.1%). The survey identified worryingly high use of critically important antibiotics for hospital-acquired infections in neonates (34.9%; range from 14.2% in Africa to 68.0% in Latin America) compared with children (28.3%; range from 14.5% in Africa to 48.9% in Latin America). Parenteral administration was very common among children in Asia (88%), Latin America (81%) and Europe (67%). Documentation of the reasons for antibiotic prescribing was lowest in Latin America (52%). Prolonged surgical prophylaxis rates ranged from 78% (Europe) to 84% (Latin America). Conclusion(s): Simple web-based PPS tools provide a feasible method to identify areas for improvement of antibiotic use, to set benchmarks and to
Published: 2016

12. Acute kidney injury in pediatric severe sepsis : An independent risk factor for death and new disability

Author: Fitzgerald, Julie C., Basu, Rajit K., Akcan-Arikan, Ayse, Izquierdo, Ledys M., Piñeres Olave, Byron E., Hassinger, Amanda B., Szczepanska, Maria, Deep, Akash, Williams, Duane, Sapru, Anil, Roy, Jason A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Furth, Susan, Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebne, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Allen, C., Gessouroun, M., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, JP, Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Palacios, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., Long, D., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Basu, Rajit K., Akcan-Arikan, Ayse, Izquierdo, Ledys M., Piñeres Olave, Byron E., Hassinger, Amanda B., Szczepanska, Maria, Deep, Akash, Williams, Duane, Sapru, Anil, Roy, Jason A., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Thomas, Neal J., Weiss, Scott L., Furth, Susan, Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebne, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Allen, C., Gessouroun, M., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Garcia Iniguez, JP, Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Palacios, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Brierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Schibler, A., and Long, D.
Abstract: Objectives: The prevalence of septic acute kidney injury and impact on functional status of PICU survivors are unknown. We used data from an international prospective severe sepsis study to elucidate functional outcomes of children suffering septic acute kidney injury. Design: Secondary analysis of patients in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies point prevalence study: acute kidney injury was defined on the study day using Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes definitions. Patients with no acute kidney injury or stage 1 acute kidney injury ("no/mild acute kidney injury") were compared with those with stage 2 or 3 acute kidney injury ("severe acute kidney injury"). The primary outcome was a composite of death or new moderate disability at discharge defined as a Pediatric Overall Performance Category score of 3 or higher and increased by 1 from baseline. Setting: One hundred twenty-eight PICUs in 26 countries. Patients: Children with severe sepsis in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: One hundred two (21%) of 493 patients had severe acute kidney injury. More than twice as many patients with severe acute kidney injury died or developed new moderate disability compared with those with no/mild acute kidney injury (64% vs 30%; p < 0.001). Severe acute kidney injury was independently associated with death or new moderate disability (adjusted odds ratio, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.5-4.2; p = 0.001) after adjustment for age, region, baseline disability, malignancy, invasive mechanical ventilation, albumin administration, and the pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score. Conclusions: In a multinational cohort of critically ill children with severe sepsis and high mortality rates, septic acute kidney injury is independently associated with further increased death or new disability.
Published: 2016

13. Comparison of pediatric severe sepsis managed in U.S. and European ICUs

Author: Giuliano, John S., Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, V., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., Green, R., Giuliano, John S., Markovitz, Barry P., Brierley, Joe, Levin, Richard, Williams, Gary, Lum, Lucy Chai See, Dorofaeff, Tavey, Cruces, Pablo, Bush, Jenny L., Keele, Luke, Nadkarni, V., Thomas, Neal J., Fitzgerald, Julie C., Weiss, Scott L., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig-Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes-Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Terry, J., Morzov, R., McInnes, A., McArthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbell, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, P., Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska-Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez-Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez-Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., McCorkell, J., Fortune, P., MacDonald, M., Hudnott, P., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., and Green, R.
Abstract: Objectives: Pediatric severe sepsis remains a significant global health problem without new therapies despite many multicenter clinical trials. We compared children managed with severe sepsis in European and U.S. PICUs to identify geographic variation, which may improve the design of future international studies. Design: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Data about PICU characteristics, patient demographics, therapies, and outcomes were compared. Multivariable regression models were used to determine adjusted differences in morbidity and mortality. Setting: European and U.S. PICUs. Patients: Children with severe sepsis managed in European and U.S. PICUs enrolled in the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies study. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: European PICUs had fewer beds (median, 11 vs 24; p < 0.001). European patients were younger (median, 1 vs 6 yr; p < 0.001), had higher severity of illness (median Pediatric Index of Mortality-3, 5.0 vs 3.8; p = 0.02), and were more often admitted from the ward (37% vs 24%). Invasive mechanical ventilation, central venous access, and vasoactive infusions were used more frequently in European patients (85% vs 68%, p = 0.002; 91% vs 82%, p = 0.05; and 71% vs 50%; p < 0.001, respectively). Raw morbidity and mortality outcomes were worse for European compared with U.S. patients, but after adjusting for patient characteristics, there were no significant differences in mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, disability at discharge, length of stay, or ventilator/vasoactive-free days. Conclusions: Children with severe sepsis admitted to European PICUs have higher severity of illness, are more likely to be admitted from hospital wards, and receive more intensive care therapies than in the United States. The lack of significant differences in morbidity and mortality after
Published: 2016

14. Assessment of Hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children's hospitals in Greece

Author: Kouni, S. Kourlaba, G. Mougkou, K. Maroudi, S. Chavela, B. Nteli, C. Lourida, A. Spyridis, N. Zaoutis, T. Coffin, S.
Subjects: education
Abstract: Background: Hand hygiene (HH) is the most effective way to prevent health care-associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. The aim of our study was to assess the existing HH resources and current HH practices at 2 hospitals in Athens, Greece. Methods: Observational HH data and an inventory of HH resources were collected from 13 wards including medical/surgical, oncology/transplant and intensive care units, during 65, 1-hour observations periods. Results: A total of 1271 HH opportunities were observed during the study period, including 944 of Health Care Workers (HCW) and 327 of visitors and parents. The nursing HH compliance was highest (49%) followed by medical compliance (24%, P < 0.001). HCW HH compliance was highest in intensive care units and the transplant unit (64-87%). The rate of appropriate HH for HCW was 22.6%. HCW most commonly used soap and water (76.1%). The HH procedure was more likely to be appropriate when soap and water were used as compared with alcohol based hand rub (64.6% and 47.5%, P = 0.006). A marginally significant association was identified between the HH compliance rate and the number of alcohol based hand rub dispensers per room (P = 0.057). In visitors and parents, the HH compliance was found to be 19%, whereas the rate of appropriate HH was 8.9%. Conclusions: Low levels of HH were observed. Copyright © 2014 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Published: 2014

15. Prescription of antibiotics and awareness of antibiotic costs by paediatricians in two hospitals in Greece

Author: Maltezou, H.C. Mougkou, K. Iosifidis, E. Katerelos, P. Roilides, E. Theodoridou, M.
Subjects: education
Abstract: Our aim was to study the antibiotic prescription practices and the knowledge about antibiotic costs, brand and generic drugs of paediatricians working in two hospitals in Greece. The 2007 national guidelines were used as the gold standard for antibiotic prescription. A total of 126 paediatricians participated in the study (50.4% response rate). The mean compliance rate with the guidelines was 50.1% (range per infection: 10.6-84.7%). The mean scores of knowledge about antibiotic costs and about brand name and generic drugs were 35.6 and 60.3%, respectively. Linear regression analysis found a significant association between the mean compliance rate with the national guidelines and the paediatricians' age (mean compliance rates were 49.1, 53.0, and 43.0% in the ≤ 30, 31-40, and > 40 years age-groups, respectively; P = 0.003).In conclusion, five years after the first national guidelines were issued in Greece only half of the paediatricians working in hospitals comply fully with them. © 2014 Edizioni Scientifiche per l'Informazione su Farmaci e Terapia.
Published: 2014

16. Colonization of high-risk children with carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in Greece

Author: Mougkou, K. Michos, A. Spyridopoulou, K. Daikos, G.L. Spyridis, N. Syriopoulou, V. Zaoutis, T.
Published: 2013

17. Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study

Author: Weiss, Scott L, Fitzgerald, Julie C., Maffei, Frank A., Kane, Jason M., Rodriguez Nunez, Antonio, Hsing, Deyin D., Franzon, Deborah, Kee, Sze Ying, Bush, Jenny L., Roy, Jason A., Thomas, Neal J., Nadkarni, Vinay M., Fontela, P., Tucci, M., Dumistrascu, M., Skippen, P., Krahn, G., Bezares, E., Puig, G., Puig Ramos, A., Garcia, R., Villar, M., Bigham, M., Polanski, T., Latifi, S., Giebner, D., Anthony, H., Hume, J., Galster, A., Linnerud, L., Sanders, R., Hefley, G., Madden, K., Thompson, A., Shein, S., Gertz, S., Han, Y., Williams, T., Hughes Schalk, A., Chandler, H., Orioles, A., Zielinski, E., Doucette, A., Zebuhr, C., Wilson, T., Dimitriades, C., Ascani, J., Layburn, S., Valley, S., Markowitz, B., Terry, J., Morzov, R., Mcinnes, A., Mcarthur, J., Woods, K., Murkowski, K., Spaeder, M., Sharron, M., Wheeler, D., Beckman, E., Frank, E., Howard, K., Carroll, C., Nett, S., Jarvis, D., Patel, V., Higgerson, R., Christie, L., Typpo, K., Deschenes, J., Kirby, A., Uhl, T., Rehder, K., Cheifetz, I., Wrenn, S., Kypuros, K., Ackerman, K., Maffei, F., Bloomquist, G., Rizkalla, N., Kimura, D., Shah, S., Tigges, C., Su, F., Barlow, C., Michelson, K., Wolfe, K., Goodman, D., Campbel, L., Sorce, L., Bysani, K., Monjure, T., Evans, M., Totapally, B., Chegondi, M., Rodriguez, C., Frazier, J., Steele, L., Viteri, S., Costarino, A., Thomas, N., Spear, D., Hirshberg, E., Lilley, J., Rowan, C., Rider, C., Kane, J., Zimmerman, J., Greeley, C., Lin, J., Jacobs, R., Parker, M., Culver, K., Loftis, L., Jaimon, N., Goldsworthy, M., Fitzgerald, J., Weiss, S., Nadkarni, V., Bush, J., Diliberto, M., Alen, C., Gessouroun, M., Sapru, A., Lang, T., Alkhouli, M., Kamath, S., Friel, D., Daufeldt, J., Hsing, D., Carlo, C., Pon, S., Scimeme, J., Shaheen, A., Hassinger, A., Qiao, H., Giuliano, J., Tala, J., Vinciguerra, D., Fernandez, A., Carrero, R., Hoyos, P., Jaramillo, J., Posada, A., Izquiierdo, L., Piñeres Olave, B. E., Donado, J., Dalmazzo, R., Rendich, S., Palma, L., Lapadula, M., Acuna, C., Cruces, P., Clement De Clety, S., Dujardin, M., Berghe, C., Renard, S., Zurek, J., Steinherr, H., Mougkou, K., Critselis, E., Di Nardo, M., Picardo, S., Tortora, F., Rossetti, E., Fragasso, T., Cogo, Paola, Netto, R., Dagys, A., Gurskis, V., Kevalas, R., Neeleman, C., Lemson, J., Luijten, C., Wojciech, K., Pagowska Klimek, I., Szczepanska, M., Karpe, J., Nunes, P., Almeida, H., Rios, J., Vieira, M., Revilla, P., Urbano, J., Lopez Herce, J., Bustinza, A., Cuesta, A., Hofheinz, S., Rodriguez Nunez, A., Sanagustin, S., Gonzalez, E., Riaza, M., Piaya, R., Soler, P., Esteban, E., Laraudogoitia, J., Monge, C., Herrera, V., Granados, J., Gonzalez, C., Koroglu, T., Ozcelik, E., Baines, P., Plunkett, A., Davis, P., George, S., Tibby, S., Harris, J., Agbeko, R., Lampitt, R., Bierley, J., Peters, M., Jones, A., Dominguez, T., Thiruchelvam, T., Deep, A., Ridley, L., Bowen, W., Levin, R., Macleod, I., Gray, M., Hemat, N., Alexander, J., Ali, S., Pappachan, J., Mccorkell, J., Schibler, A., Fortune, P., Macdonald, M., Hudnott, P., Erickson, S., Millar, J., Delzoppo, C., Williams, G., Morritt, M., Mceneiry, J., Long, D., Dorofaeff, T., Coulthard, M., Watts, N., Suyun, Q., Singhi, S., Nallasamy, K., Lodha, R., Shime, N., Tabata, Y., Saito, O., Ikeyama, T., Kawasaki, T., Lum, L., Abidin, A., Kee, S., Tang, S., Jalil, R., Beca, J., Sherring, C., Bushell, T., Guan, Y., Yao, L., Lin, K., Ong, J., Salloo, A., Doedens, L., Mathivha, L., Reubenson, G., Moaisi, S., Pentz, A., and Green, R.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Biomedical Research, Adolescent, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4], Practice Patterns, macromolecular substances, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Sepsis, Intensive care, Epidemiology, Severity of illness, Clinical endpoint, Prevalence, Medicine, Humans, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Preschool, Intensive care medicine, Child, Pediatric intensive care unit, Observer Variation, Physicians', business.industry, Research, Organ dysfunction, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Child, Preschool, Female, Treatment Outcome, Newborn, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, Clinical trial, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Introduction Consensus criteria for pediatric severe sepsis have standardized enrollment for research studies. However, the extent to which critically ill children identified by consensus criteria reflect physician diagnosis of severe sepsis, which underlies external validity for pediatric sepsis research, is not known. We sought to determine the agreement between physician diagnosis and consensus criteria to identify pediatric patients with severe sepsis across a network of international pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Methods We conducted a point prevalence study involving 128 PICUs in 26 countries across 6 continents. Over the course of 5 study days, 6925 PICU patients Results Of the 706 patients, 301 (42.6 %) met both definitions. The inter-rater agreement (κ ± SE) between physician diagnosis and consensus criteria was 0.57 ± 0.02. Of the 438 patients with a physician’s diagnosis of severe sepsis, only 69 % (301 of 438) would have been eligible to participate in a clinical trial of pediatric severe sepsis that enrolled patients based on consensus criteria. Patients with physician-diagnosed severe sepsis who did not meet consensus criteria were younger and had lower severity of illness and lower PICU mortality than those meeting consensus criteria or both definitions. After controlling for age, severity of illness, number of comorbid conditions, and treatment in developed versus resource-limited regions, patients identified with severe sepsis by physician diagnosis alone or by consensus criteria alone did not have PICU mortality significantly different from that of patients identified by both physician diagnosis and consensus criteria. Conclusions Physician diagnosis of pediatric severe sepsis achieved only moderate agreement with consensus criteria, with physicians diagnosing severe sepsis more broadly. Consequently, the results of a research study based on consensus criteria may have limited generalizability to nearly one-third of PICU patients diagnosed with severe sepsis.
Published: 2015

18. P218: Active surveillance for central line associated bloodstream infections in hospitalized children in Greece

Author: Mougkou, K, primary, Kouni, S, additional, Kurlaba, G, additional, Kitra, M, additional, Gkentzi, D, additional, Maroudi-Manta, S, additional, Lourida, A, additional, Coffin, S, additional, and Zaoutis, T, additional
Published: 2013
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19. P130: Assessment of hand hygiene practices at the two children's hospitals in Greece

Author: Kouni, S, primary, Mougkou, K, additional, Kurlaba, G, additional, Nteli, C, additional, Lourida, A, additional, Maroudi-Manta, S, additional, Zaoutis, T, additional, and Coffin, S, additional
Published: 2013
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20. PHOTO QUIZ. An Infant With Purpuric Rash and Edema.

Author: Argyri I, Korona A, Mougkou K, Vougiouka O, Tsolia M, and Spyridis N
Subjects: Edema complications, Exanthema complications, Female, Humans, Infant, Skin pathology, Edema etiology, Edema pathology, Exanthema etiology, Exanthema pathology, Hemorrhagic Disorders diagnosis, Hemorrhagic Disorders pathology
Published: 2015
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21. Gap analysis of infection control practices in low- and middle-income countries.

Author: Weinshel K, Dramowski A, Hajdu Á, Jacob S, Khanal B, Zoltán M, Mougkou K, Phukan C, Inés Staneloni M, and Singh N
Subjects: Argentina, Greece, Humans, Hungary, India, Infection Control methods, Infection Control standards, Nepal, Practice Guidelines as Topic, South Africa, Cross Infection prevention & control, Developing Countries, Guideline Adherence statistics & numerical data, Infection Control statistics & numerical data
Abstract: Background: Healthcare-associated infection rates are higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with high-income countries, resulting in relatively larger incidence of patient mortality and disability and additional healthcare costs., Objective: To use the Infection Control Assessment Tool to assess gaps in infection control (IC) practices in the participating countries., Methods: Six international sites located in Argentina, Greece, Hungary, India, Nepal, and South Africa provided information on the health facility and the surgical modules relating to IC programs, surgical antibiotic use and surgical equipment procedures, surgical area practices, sterilization and disinfection of equipment and intravenous fluid, and hand hygiene. Modules were scored for each country., Results: The 6 international sites completed 5 modules. Of 121 completed sections, scores of less than 50% of the recommended IC practices were received in 23 (19%) and scores from 50% to 75% were received in 43 (36%). IC programs had various limitations in many sites and surveillance of healthcare-associated infections was not consistently performed. Lack of administration of perioperative antibiotics, inadequate sterilization and disinfection of equipment, and paucity of hand hygiene were found even in a high-income country. There was also a lack of clearly written defined policies and procedures across many facilities., Conclusions: Our results indicate that adherence to recommended IC practices is suboptimal. Opportunities for improvement of IC practices exist in several areas, including hospital-wide IC programs and surveillance, antibiotic stewardship, written and posted guidelines and policies across a range of topics, surgical instrument sterilization procedures, and improved hand hygiene.
Published: 2015
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22. Antibiotic prescribing and expenditures in outpatient paediatrics in Greece, 2010-13.

Author: Kourlaba G, Kourkouni E, Spyridis N, Gerber JS, Kopsidas J, Mougkou K, Lourida A, and Zaoutis TE
Subjects: Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Greece, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Young Adult, Ambulatory Care methods, Anti-Bacterial Agents economics, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Drug Prescriptions, Drug Utilization, Health Expenditures
Abstract: Objectives: The objectives of this study were to provide a nationally representative analysis of antibiotic prescribing in outpatient paediatrics and to assess overall and class-specific antibiotic costs in Greece., Methods: Data on antibiotic prescriptions for patients aged ≤19 years old between July 2010 and June 2013 in Greece were extracted from the IMS Health Xponent database. Antibiotics were grouped into narrow- and broad-spectrum agents. The number of prescribed antibiotics and census denominators were used to calculate prescribing rates. The total costs associated with prescribed antibiotics were calculated., Results: More than 7 million antibiotics were prescribed during the study period, with an annual rate of 1100 antibiotics/1000 persons. Prescribing rates were higher among children aged <10 years old. Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) accounted for 80% of prescribed antibiotics, with acute otitis media (22.3%), acute tonsillitis (19.5%) and acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis (13.9%) being the most common clinical diagnoses. Cephalosporins (32.9%), penicillins (32.3%) and macrolides (32.1%) were the most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes. The majority (90.4%) of antibiotics were broad spectrum. Antibiotic expenditures totalled ∼€50 million., Conclusions: Broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing is common in outpatient paediatric patients. These data provide important targets to inform the development of an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship programme targeting specific practices, providers and conditions., (© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
Published: 2015
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23. Assessment of hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children's hospitals in Greece.

Author: Kouni S, Kourlaba G, Mougkou K, Maroudi S, Chavela B, Nteli C, Lourida A, Spyridis N, Zaoutis T, and Coffin S
Subjects: Cross-Sectional Studies, Greece, Guideline Adherence, Humans, Cross Infection prevention & control, Hand Hygiene methods, Hospitals, Pediatric
Abstract: Background: Hand hygiene (HH) is the most effective way to prevent health care-associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. The aim of our study was to assess the existing HH resources and current HH practices at 2 hospitals in Athens, Greece., Methods: Observational HH data and an inventory of HH resources were collected from 13 wards including medical/surgical, oncology/transplant and intensive care units, during 65, 1-hour observations periods., Results: A total of 1271 HH opportunities were observed during the study period, including 944 of Health Care Workers (HCW) and 327 of visitors and parents. The nursing HH compliance was highest (49%) followed by medical compliance (24%, P < 0.001). HCW HH compliance was highest in intensive care units and the transplant unit (64-87%). The rate of appropriate HH for HCW was 22.6%. HCW most commonly used soap and water (76.1%). The HH procedure was more likely to be appropriate when soap and water were used as compared with alcohol based hand rub (64.6% and 47.5%, P = 0.006). A marginally significant association was identified between the HH compliance rate and the number of alcohol based hand rub dispensers per room (P = 0.057). In visitors and parents, the HH compliance was found to be 19%, whereas the rate of appropriate HH was 8.9%., Conclusions: Low levels of HH were observed.
Published: 2014
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24. Prescription of antibiotics and awareness of antibiotic costs by paediatricians in two hospitals in Greece.

Author: Maltezou HC, Mougkou K, Iosifidis E, Katerelos P, Roilides E, and Theodoridou M
Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Communicable Diseases drug therapy, Cost Savings statistics & numerical data, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Drug Prescriptions economics, Drugs, Generic therapeutic use, Female, Greece, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Anti-Bacterial Agents economics, Communicable Diseases economics, Drug Costs statistics & numerical data, Drug Prescriptions statistics & numerical data, Drugs, Generic economics, Practice Patterns, Physicians' statistics & numerical data
Abstract: Our aim was to study the antibiotic prescription practices and the knowledge about antibiotic costs, brand and generic drugs of paediatricians working in two hospitals in Greece. The 2007 national guidelines were used as the gold standard for antibiotic prescription. A total of 126 paediatricians participated in the study (50.4% response rate). The mean compliance rate with the guidelines was 50.1% (range per infection: 10.6-84.7%). The mean scores of knowledge about antibiotic costs and about brand name and generic drugs were 35.6 and 60.3%, respectively. Linear regression analysis found a significant association between the mean compliance rate with the national guidelines and the paediatricians' age (mean compliance rates were 49.1, 53.0, and 43.0% in the ≤ 30, 31-40, and > 40 years age-groups, respectively; P = 0.003). In conclusion, five years after the first national guidelines were issued in Greece only half of the paediatricians working in hospitals comply fully with them.
Published: 2014
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25. Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season.

Author: Maltezou HC, Mougkou K, Asimaki H, Koniaraki K, Katerelos P, Giannaki M, and Theodoridou M
Subjects: Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Greece epidemiology, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Respiratory Tract Infections diagnosis, Respiratory Tract Infections virology, Virus Diseases diagnosis, Virus Diseases virology, Emergency Service, Hospital statistics & numerical data, Hospitals, Pediatric statistics & numerical data, Respiratory Tract Infections transmission, Seasons, Virus Diseases transmission
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during winter. A total of 615 children were prospectively studied. Twenty-two (3·6%) children developed at least one symptom compatible with a respiratory viral infection within 1-7 days after the visit, including cough (12 children), fever (8), rhinorrhea (7), and/or respiratory distress (1). Three children (0·49%) developed an influenza-like illness. These findings indicate that transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting an emergency room during the winter season is extremely low., (© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
Published: 2013
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1. Colonization of High-Risk Children with Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Greece

2. The worldwide Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children

3. New or Progressive Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: A Sepsis Phenotype With Higher Morbidity and Mortality

4. Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis

5. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in U.S. and European ICUs

6. Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in US and European ICUs

7. The worldwide antibiotic resistance and prescribing in european children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: Developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children

8. Gap analysis of infection control practices in low- and middle-income countries

9. An Infant with Purpuric Rash and Edema

10. Antibiotic prescribing and expenditures in outpatient paediatrics in Greece, 2010-13

11. The worldwide antibiotic resistance and prescribing in european children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: Developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic prescribing for children.

12. Acute kidney injury in pediatric severe sepsis : An independent risk factor for death and new disability

13. Comparison of pediatric severe sepsis managed in U.S. and European ICUs

14. Assessment of Hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children's hospitals in Greece

15. Prescription of antibiotics and awareness of antibiotic costs by paediatricians in two hospitals in Greece

16. Colonization of high-risk children with carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae in Greece

17. Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study

18. P218: Active surveillance for central line associated bloodstream infections in hospitalized children in Greece

19. P130: Assessment of hand hygiene practices at the two children's hospitals in Greece

20. PHOTO QUIZ. An Infant With Purpuric Rash and Edema.

21. Gap analysis of infection control practices in low- and middle-income countries.

22. Antibiotic prescribing and expenditures in outpatient paediatrics in Greece, 2010-13.

23. Assessment of hand hygiene resources and practices at the 2 children's hospitals in Greece.

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25. Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season.

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