Publications by authors named "Jason Tatlock"
Background: Antimicrobial overuse causes increased antimicrobial resistance in ICUs; antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) aim to optimize usage. Following an MDR (MRAb) outbreak in 2008, an ASP was implemented at a London ICU, and then continued as a long-term programme. This study aimed to determine long-term changes in antimicrobial prescribing 9 years on.
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- Severe burns inhalation injury increases the mortality risk in critically ill burn patients, with 36% of these patients affected in a 12-year study at the London Burns Centre Intensive Care Unit.
- Patients with severe inhalation injuries had a significantly higher mortality rate (45%) compared to those without (24%), highlighting the severity's impact on outcomes.
- Other factors, such as facial burns, total body surface area burned, and older age, also independently predicted higher mortality rates, but the presence of pneumonia did not have the same effect.