British Thoracic Society community-acquired pneumonia care bundle: results of a national implementation project. Issue 3 (21st July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lim, Wei Shen; Rodrigo, Chamira; Turner, Alice M; Welham, Sally; Calvert, James M
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 71:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 288
• Page End: 290
• Publication Date: 2015-07-21
• Subjects: Pneumonia; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206834
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract : In 2013, 16 UK hospital trusts participated in a quality improvement programme involving implementation of a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) care bundle. High-level data were collected on 14 962 patients admitted with CAP; bundle implementation increased from 1% in October 2012 to 20% by September 2013. Analysis of patient-level data on 2118 adults (median age 75.3 years) found that in the bundle-implementation group, significantly more patients received antibiotics within 4 h of admission (adjusted OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.08 to 2.14, p=0.016) and 30-day inpatient mortality was lower (8.8% vs 13.6%; adjusted OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.37 to 0.95, p=0.03).