| Title: |
Overruling of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care: Ancillary Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| Authors: |
Knüsli, José; Lhopitallier, Loïc; Kronenberg, Andreas; Meuwly, Jean-Yves; Opota, Onya; Perrenoud, Marc-Antoine; Page, Marie-Anne; Kain, Kevin C; Mamin, Aline; D'Acremont, Valérie; Senn, Nicolas; Mueller, Yolanda; Locatelli, Isabella; Boillat-Blanco, Noémie |
| Source: |
Knüsli, José; Lhopitallier, Loïc; Kronenberg, Andreas; Meuwly, Jean-Yves; Opota, Onya; Perrenoud, Marc-Antoine; Page, Marie-Anne; Kain, Kevin C; Mamin, Aline; D'Acremont, Valérie; Senn, Nicolas; Mueller, Yolanda; Locatelli, Isabella; Boillat-Blanco, Noémie (2023). Overruling of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care: Ancillary Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Antibiotics, 12(2) MDPI 10.3390/antibiotics12020377 |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) |
| Subject Terms: |
570 Life sciences; biology; 610 Medicine & health |
| Description: |
BACKGROUND Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in primary care are a promising target for antibiotic stewardship. A clinical trial in Switzerland showed a large decrease in antibiotic prescriptions with procalcitonin guidance (cut-off < 0.25 µg/L) compared with usual care. However, one-third of patients with low procalcitonin at baseline received antibiotics by day 28. AIM To explore the factors associated with the overruling of initial procalcitonin guidance. DESIGN AND SETTING Secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial in which patients with an LRTI were included. METHOD Using the characteristics of patients, their disease, and general practitioners (GPs), we conducted a multivariate logistic regression, adjusted for clustering. RESULTS Ninety-five out of 301 (32%) patients with low procalcitonin received antibiotics by day 28. Factors associated with an overruling of procalcitonin guidance were: a history of chest pain (adjusted OR [aOR] 1.81, 95% confidence interval 1.03-3.17); a prescription of chest X-ray by the GP (aOR 4.65, 2.32-9.34); a C-reactive protein measured retrospectively above 100 mg/L (aOR 7.48, 2.34-23.93, reference ≤ 20 mg/L); the location of the GP practice in an urban setting (aOR 2.27, 1.18-4.37); and the GP's number of years of experience (aOR per year 1.05, 1.01-1.09). CONCLUSIONS Overruling of procalcitonin guidance was associated with GPs' socio-demographic characteristics, pointing to the general behavioral problem of overprescription by physicians. Continuous medical education and communication training might support the successful implementation of procalcitonin point-of-care tests aimed at antibiotic stewardship. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/179266/ |
| Availability: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/179266/1/antibiotics-12-00377.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/179266/ |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9E43D7FB |
| Database: |
BASE |