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Do cystic fibrosis centres with the lowest FEV1 still use the least amount of intravenous antibiotics? A registry-based comparison of intravenous antibiotic use among adult CF centres in the UK
- Source :
- Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 17:360-367
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background The Epidemiologic Study of Cystic Fibrosis using 1995–1996 and 2003–2005 data found that CF centres with lowest FEV 1 tended to use fewer intravenous antibiotics. We repeated the analyses using 2013–2014 UK CF registry data to determine if this was still the case. Methods Analysing data for 2013 and 2014 separately, 28 adult CF centres were ranked according to median % age-adjusted FEV 1 . The top 7 centres were placed in the ‘upper quarter' (best FEV 1 ), the bottom 7 centres in ‘lower quarter' (lowest FEV 1 ), and the rest in ‘middle half'. IV use was stratified according to %FEV 1 , then compared between the three groups. Results Centres in the ‘upper quarter' and ‘middle half' used significantly more IV antibiotics compared to centres in the ‘lower quarter' (van Elteren test P -value Conclusions CF centres with lowest FEV 1 are still distinguished by lower use of intravenous antibiotics.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiologic study
business.industry
Clinical epidemiology
medicine.disease
Cystic fibrosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030228 respiratory system
Intravenous antibiotics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Registry data
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Pulmonary exacerbation
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15691993
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........209b24eec5b13e334970a8524585fb81