Publications by authors named "Summer M Gupta"
Evaluation of antibiotic escalation in response to nurse-driven inpatient sepsis screen.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how often antibiotics were escalated during inpatient sepsis screening and identify the factors influencing this decision.
- Out of 576 positive sepsis screens, 22.7% resulted in antibiotic escalation, primarily due to new infections, with pneumonia being the most common.
- Significant predictors for antibiotic escalation included abnormal temperature and lactate levels, while being on antibiotics prior and the timing of the screen during nursing shifts were negative predictors.