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IMPORTANCE: Methamphetamine use is a growing public health concern nationwide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 2019 for US citizens aged 10-14 years and 25-34 years and is also a significant public health concern. Understanding the intersection of methamphetamine use and suicidal ideation (SI) is necessary to develop public health and policy solutions that mitigate these ongoing severe public health issues. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to examine SI in methamphetamine users to allow us to determine prevalence and trends by age, sex, race, and geographical region. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS: Using data collected between 2008 and 2019 from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database, we identified hospital admissions (HA) of patients ≥18 years of age with a primary or secondary diagnosis of SI who were also diagnosed as methamphetamine users. Those who used other substances with methamphetamine were excluded from the analysis. MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES: To determine the trend and prevalence of hospital admissions due to SI and SI among methamphetamine users, we used trend weights to calculate the national estimates and performed design-based analysis to account for complex survey design and sampling weights on data collected between 2008 and 2019 in the US. RESULTS: The prevalence ratio (PR) of hospitalizations with concurrent SI and methamphetamine use increased 16-fold from 2008 to 2019. The most significant increase occurred between 2015 and 2016; the PR doubled from 6.07 to 12.14. The PR of hospitalizations with concurrent SI and methamphetamine use was highest in patients aged 26-40 (49.08%) and 41-64 (28.49%). Patients aged 41-64 showed the most significant increase from 2008 to 2019 (15.8-fold). While non-Hispanic White patients comprised most of these hospitalizations (77.02%), non-Hispanic Black patients showed the highest proportional increase (39.1-fold). The Southern and Western regions in the US showed the highest PR for these hospitalizations (34.86% and 34.31%, respectively). CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: Our findings indicate that SI in methamphetamine users has been increasing for some time and is likely to grow. In addition, our results suggest that these patients are demographically different. Both conditions are associated with a lesser likelihood of seeking and receiving care. Therefore, when addressing increased SI or methamphetamine use, learning more about patients who share both conditions is necessary to ensure proper care.
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Metanfetamina , Suicídio , Humanos , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Ideação Suicida , Metanfetamina/efeitos adversos , Etnicidade , Estudos Longitudinais , PrevalênciaRESUMO
PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety profile of micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-CPC) in patients with refractory glaucoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective case series of 79 consecutive patients who underwent MP-CPC at the Wills Eye Hospital from March 23, 2014 to June 23, 2016 and who had at least 3 months of follow-up. Treatment success was defined as an intraocular pressure (IOP) of 6 to 21 mm Hg or a reduction of IOP by 20%. Failure was defined as an inability to meet the criteria for success, need for retreatment >3 times, or need for incisional glaucoma surgery. RESULTS: Patients had a mean follow-up time of 7.8±4.5 months. The mean IOP before MP-CPC was 31.9±10.2 mm Hg. The IOP was reduced by an average of 51% at the last follow-up and the mean number of IOP lowering medications was reduced from 2.3 at baseline to 1.5 at last follow-up. Treatment success rates were 75% at 3 months, 66% at 6 months, and 67% at last follow-up. Complications of MP-CPC included 7 patients with hypotony (8.8%), 21 patients with prolonged anterior chamber inflammation (1+ cell or flare for >3 mo, 26%), 13 patients with loss of ≥2 lines of best-corrected visual acuity at 3 months (17%), 4 patients with macular edema (5%), 2 patients with corneal edema and 2 patients with phthisis. CONCLUSIONS: MP-CPC is an effective treatment for patients with refractory glaucoma. Shorter treatment times with more frequent repeat treatments, if necessary, should be considered given the incidence of significant vision loss in this study.
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Glaucoma/cirurgia , Fotocoagulação a Laser/efeitos adversos , Fotocoagulação a Laser/métodos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Corpo Ciliar/patologia , Corpo Ciliar/cirurgia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Glaucoma/epidemiologia , Glaucoma/patologia , Humanos , Pressão Intraocular/fisiologia , Fotocoagulação a Laser/estatística & dados numéricos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Esclera/patologia , Esclera/cirurgia , Falha de Tratamento , Resultado do Tratamento , Acuidade VisualAssuntos
Algoritmos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/diagnóstico , Vigilância da População , Respiração Artificial/efeitos adversos , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Humanos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Terminologia como Assunto , Estados UnidosRESUMO
In September 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group to organize a formal process for leaders and experts of key stakeholder organizations to discuss the challenges of VAP surveillance definitions and to propose new approaches to VAP surveillance in adult patients (Table 1). The charges to the Working Group were to (1) critically review a draft, streamlined VAP surveillance definition developed for use in adult patients; (2) suggest modifications to enhance the reliability and credibility of the surveillance definition within the critical care and infection prevention communities; and (3) propose a final adult surveillance definition algorithm to be implemented in the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), taking into consideration the potential future use of the definition algorithm in public reporting, interfacility comparisons, and pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance programs.
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Monitoramento Epidemiológico , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Política de Saúde , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This article is an executive summary of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Definition Working Group, entitled "Developing a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associatied Events," published in Critical Care Medicine, by Magill SS, Klompas M, Balk R, Burns SM, Deutschman CS, et al. 2013;41(11):2467-2475. The full report provides a comprehensive description of the Working Group's process and outcome.
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Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/prevenção & controle , Vigilância da População/métodos , Respiração Artificial/efeitos adversos , Ventiladores Mecânicos/efeitos adversos , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Humanos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Respiração Artificial/métodos , Respiração Artificial/normas , Estados Unidos , Ventiladores Mecânicos/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To develop and implement an objective, reliable approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events in adult patients. DESIGN: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group in September 2011. Working Group members included representatives of stakeholder societies and organizations and federal partners. MAIN RESULTS: The Working Group finalized a three-tier, adult surveillance definition algorithm for ventilator-associated events. The algorithm uses objective, readily available data elements and can identify a broad range of conditions and complications occurring in mechanically ventilated adult patients, including but not limited to VAP. The first tier definition, ventilator-associated condition (VAC), identifies patients with a period of sustained respiratory deterioration following a sustained period of stability or improvement on the ventilator, defined by changes in the daily minimum fraction of inspired oxygen or positive end-expiratory pressure. The second tier definition, infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC), requires that patients with VAC also have an abnormal temperature or white blood cell count, and be started on a new antimicrobial agent. The third tier definitions, possible and probable VAP, require that patients with IVAC also have laboratory and/or microbiological evidence of respiratory infection. CONCLUSIONS: Ventilator-associated events surveillance was implemented in January 2013 in the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. Modifications to improve surveillance may be made as additional data become available and users gain experience with the new definitions.
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Algoritmos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Vigilância da População/métodos , Respiração Artificial/efeitos adversos , Lesão Pulmonar Induzida por Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Humanos , Segurança do Paciente , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Estados UnidosRESUMO
This is the second case study published in a series in AJIC since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definition update of 2013. These cases reflect some of the complex patient scenarios Infection Preventionists (IP) have encountered in their daily surveillance of health care-associated infections (HAI) using NHSN definitions. This is the first case utilizing the new NHSN Ventilator-associated Events (VAE) module and criteria.
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Educação Médica Continuada/métodos , Controle de Infecções/normas , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/patologia , HumanosRESUMO
This is the first in a series of case studies that will be published in American Journal of Infection Control following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definition update of 2013. These cases reflect some of the complex patient scenarios infection professionals encounter during daily surveillance of health care-associated infections using NHSN definitions. Answers to the questions posed and immediate feedback in the form of answers and explanations are available at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AJIC-NHSN-LbId2013. All individual participant answers will remain confidential, although it is the authors' hope to share a summary of the findings at a later date. Cases, answers, and explanations have been reviewed and approved by NHSN staff. Active participation is encouraged and recommended. Review/reference Chapter 12-Multidrug-resistant organism &C difficile infection module protocol, of the NHSN Patient Safety Component Manual (http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/12pscMDRO_CDADcurrent.pdf), for information you may need to answer the case study questions.
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Clostridioides difficile/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Clostridium/diagnóstico , Infecções por Clostridium/microbiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/diagnóstico , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Controle de Infecções/organização & administração , Idoso , Infecções por Clostridium/prevenção & controle , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Instalações de Saúde , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/normas , Masculino , Projetos de PesquisaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To assess challenges to implementation of a new National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definition, mucosal barrier injury laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection (MBI-LCBI). DESIGN: Multicenter field test. SETTING: Selected locations of acute care hospitals participating in NHSN central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance. METHODS: Hospital staff augmented their CLABSI surveillance for 2 months to incorporate MBI-LCBI: a primary bloodstream infection due to a selected group of organisms in patients with either neutropenia or an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant with gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease or diarrhea. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff reviewed submitted data to verify whether CLABSIs met MBI-LCBI criteria and summarized the descriptive epidemiology of cases reported. RESULTS: Eight cancer, 2 pediatric, and 28 general acute care hospitals including 193 inpatient units (49% oncology/bone marrow transplant [BMT], 21% adult ward, 20% adult critical care, 6% pediatric, 4% step-down) conducted field testing. Among 906 positive blood cultures reviewed, 282 CLABSIs were identified. Of the 103 CLABSIs that also met MBI-LCBI criteria, 100 (97%) were reported from oncology/BMT locations. Agreement between hospital staff and CDC classification of reported CLABSIs as meeting the MBI-LCBI definition was high (90%; κ = 0.82). Most MBI-LCBIs (91%) occurred in patients meeting neutropenia criteria. Some hospitals indicated that their laboratories' methods of reporting cell counts prevented application of neutropenia criteria; revised neutropenia criteria were created using data from field testing. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital staff applied the MBI-LCBI definition accurately. Field testing informed modifications for the January 2013 implementation of MBI-LCBI in the NHSN.
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Bacteriemia/classificação , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/classificação , Infecção Hospitalar/classificação , Fungemia/classificação , Hospitais , Mucosa/lesões , Vigilância da População , Bacteriemia/epidemiologia , Bacteriemia/microbiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/epidemiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/microbiologia , Cateteres Venosos Centrais/efeitos adversos , Cuidados Críticos , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Diarreia/epidemiologia , Fungemia/epidemiologia , Fungemia/microbiologia , Doença Enxerto-Hospedeiro/epidemiologia , Transplante de Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Contagem de Leucócitos , Neutropenia/epidemiologia , Neutrófilos , Terminologia como Assunto , Transplante HomólogoAssuntos
Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/epidemiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Segurança do Paciente , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/prevenção & controle , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/prevenção & controle , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To describe rates and pathogen distribution of device-associated infections (DAIs) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients and compare differences in infection rates by hospital type (children's vs general hospitals). PATIENTS AND SETTING: Neonates in NICUs participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network from 2006 through 2008. METHODS: We analyzed central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), umbilical catheter-associated bloodstream infections (UCABs), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among 304 NICUs. Differences in pooled mean incidence rates were examined using Poisson regression; nonparametric tests for comparing medians and rate distributions were used. RESULTS: Pooled mean incidence rates by birth weight category (750 g or less, 751-1,000 g, 1,001-1,500 g, 1,501-2,500 g, and more than 2,500 g, respectively) were 3.94, 3.09, 2.25, 1.90, and 1.60 for CLABSI; 4.52, 2.77, 1.70, 0.91, and 0.92 for UCAB; and 2.36, 2.08, 1.28, 0.86, and 0.72 for VAP. When rates of infection between hospital types were compared, only pooled mean VAP rates were significantly lower in children's hospitals than in general hospitals among neonates weighing 1,000 g or less; no significant differences in medians or rate distributions were noted. Pathogen frequencies were coagulase-negative staphylococci (28%), Staphylococcus aureus (19%), and Candida species (13%) for bloodstream infections and Pseudomonas species (16%), S. aureus (15%), and Klebsiella species (14%) for VAP. Of 673 S. aureus isolates with susceptibility results, 33% were methicillin resistant. CONCLUSIONS: Neonates weighing 750 g or less had the highest DAI incidence. With the exception of VAP, pooled mean NICU incidence rates did not differ between children's and general hospitals. Pathogens associated with these infections can pose treatment challenges; continued efforts at prevention need to be applied to all NICU settings.
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Peso ao Nascer , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/epidemiologia , Cateterismo Venoso Central/efeitos adversos , Terapia Intensiva Neonatal/estatística & dados numéricos , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Bacteriemia/epidemiologia , Bacteriemia/microbiologia , Candidíase/epidemiologia , Candidíase/microbiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/microbiologia , Cateteres de Demora/efeitos adversos , Cateteres de Demora/microbiologia , Fungemia/epidemiologia , Fungemia/microbiologia , Hospitais Gerais/estatística & dados numéricos , Hospitais Pediátricos/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Incidência , Recém-Nascido , Infecções por Klebsiella/epidemiologia , Infecções por Klebsiella/microbiologia , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/microbiologia , Infecções por Pseudomonas/epidemiologia , Infecções por Pseudomonas/microbiologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/epidemiologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Veias Umbilicais , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Ventiladores Mecânicos/efeitos adversos , Ventiladores Mecânicos/microbiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: In October 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired conditions that were deemed preventable. The effect of this policy on rates of health care-associated infections is unknown. METHODS: Using a quasi-experimental design with interrupted time series with comparison series, we examined changes in trends of two health care-associated infections that were targeted by the CMS policy (central catheter-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections) as compared with an outcome that was not targeted by the policy (ventilator-associated pneumonia). Hospitals participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network and reporting data on at least one health care-associated infection before the onset of the policy were eligible to participate. Data from January 2006 through March 2011 were included. We used regression models to measure the effect of the policy on changes in infection rates, adjusting for baseline trends. RESULTS: A total of 398 hospitals or health systems contributed 14,817 to 28,339 hospital unit-months, depending on the type of infection. We observed decreasing secular trends for both targeted and nontargeted infections long before the policy was implemented. There were no significant changes in quarterly rates of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections (incidence-rate ratio in the postimplementation vs. preimplementation period, 1.00; P=0.97), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (incidence-rate ratio, 1.03; P=0.08), or ventilator-associated pneumonia (incidence-rate ratio, 0.99; P=0.52) after the policy implementation. Our findings did not differ for hospitals in states without mandatory reporting, nor did it differ according to the quartile of percentage of Medicare admissions or hospital size, type of ownership, or teaching status. CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence that the 2008 CMS policy to reduce payments for central catheter-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections had any measurable effect on infection rates in U.S. hospitals. (Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.).
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Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter , Infecção Hospitalar , Economia Hospitalar , Hospitais/normas , Reembolso de Incentivo , Bacteriemia , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. , Humanos , Medicaid/economia , Medicare/economia , Estados Unidos , Infecções UrináriasRESUMO
BACKGROUND: In 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ceased additional payment for hospitalizations resulting in complications deemed preventable, including several health care-associated infections. We sought to understand the impact of the CMS payment policy on infection prevention efforts. METHODS: A national survey of infection preventionists from a random sample of US hospitals was conducted in December 2010. RESULTS: Eighty-one percent reported increased attention to HAIs targeted by the CMS policy, whereas one-third reported spending less time on nontargeted HAIs. Only 15% reported increased funding for infection control as a result of the CMS policy, whereas most reported stable (77%) funding. Respondents reported faster removal of urinary (71%) and central venous (50%) catheters as a result of the CMS policy, whereas routine urine and blood cultures on admission occurred infrequently (27% and 13%, respectively). Resource shifting (ie, less time spent on nontargeted HAIs) occurred more commonly in large hospitals (odds ratio, 2.3; 95% confidence interval: 1.0-5.1; P = .038) but less often in hospitals where front-line staff were receptive to changes in clinical processes (odds ratio, 0.5; 95% confidence interval: 0.3-0.8; P = .005). CONCLUSION: Infection preventionists reported greater hospital attention to preventing targeted HAIs as a result of the CMS nonpayment policy. Whether the increased focus and greater engagement in HAI prevention practices has led to better patient outcomes is unclear.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Infecção Hospitalar/economia , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Custos de Cuidados de Saúde , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Medicare/economia , Política Organizacional , Estudos Transversais , Hospitais , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/estatística & dados numéricos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The rationale for the case study series is presented, along with results of the first 5 American Journal of Infection Control-National Healthcare Safety Network case studies. Although the respondents were correct in their assessments more often than not, opportunities for improvement remain. Ten new case studies with questions are provided. Participants are provided with instructions on how to submit responses for continuing education credit through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Answers with referenced explanations will be provided immediately to those who seek continuing education credit and at a later date via the online journal for those who do not.
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Comportamento Cooperativo , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Controle de Infecções/normas , Projetos de Pesquisa/estatística & dados numéricos , Projetos de Pesquisa/normas , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Criança , Educação Médica Continuada/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to develop a new National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) risk model for sternal, deep incisional, and organ/space (complex) surgical site infections (SSIs) following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures, detected on admission and readmission, consistent with public reporting requirements. PATIENTS AND SETTING: A total of 133,503 CABG procedures with 4,008 associated complex SSIs reported by 293 NHSN hospitals in the United States. METHODS: CABG procedures performed from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2008, were analyzed. Potential SSI risk factors were identified by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis with forward stepwise logistic regression modeling was used to develop the new model. The c-index was used to compare the predictive power of the new and NHSN risk index models. RESULTS: Multivariate analysis independent risk factors included ASA score, procedure duration, female gender, age, and medical school affiliation. The new risk model has significantly improved predictive performance over the NHSN risk index (c-index, 0.62 and 0.56, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Traditionally, the NHSN surveillance system has used a risk index to provide procedure-specific risk-stratified SSI rates to hospitals. A new CABG sternal, complex SSI risk model developed by multivariate analysis has improved predictive performance over the traditional NHSN risk index and is being considered for endorsement as a measure for public reporting.