Exploring the Pathways Revealed by International Sepsis Benchmarking.
Exploring the Pathways Revealed by International Sepsis Benchmarking.
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探索国际脓毒症基准测试揭示的途径。
DOI:
10.1097/ccm.0000000000003485
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Walkey,AllanJ
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作者:
Walkey,AllanJ
Benchmarking clinical practice involves comparison of local outcomes to a reference standard. In order to accurately benchmark, groups need to: 1) harmonize data and 2) produce unbiased comparisons of processes and/or outcomes of interest (1, 2). The overarching purpose of most benchmarking is to identify high and low performers, discover the characteristics responsible for high and low performance, and make changes targeting modifiable characteristics intended to improve performance. Thus, benchmarking is an essential part of a learning healthcare system of continuous improvement and innovation (3). Recently sepsis has been thrust onto the world stage by a recent World Health Organization resolution intended to improve its prevention, diagnosis, and management (4). As part of the resolution, the 70th annual World Health Assembly adopted multiple recommendations relevant to sepsis benchmarking, including urging member states to “apply and improve the use of International Classification of Diseasessystem to establish the prevalence and profile of sepsis…”, to “develop and implement monitoring and evaluation tools in order to focus attention on and monitor progress toward improving outcomes from sepsis, including the development and fostering of specific epidemiologic surveillance systems…” and to “develop and implement standard and optimal care…”. However, prior efforts to benchmark international sepsis incidence and outcomes have been inadequate. A systematic review of studies investigating the global incidence and outcomes of sepsis found that population-based estimates for sepsis outcomes were generally lacking in low-and middle-income countries, and exhibited wide variability due to differences in International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition coding, infectious causes, and geographic factors leading to different admission criteria of patients into the hospital or ICU (5).