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Study Design:
This cross-sectional descriptive study will be conducted on admitted patients in Cardiovascular Unit at the Tertiary Care Hospital in Port Said hospitals.
Subjects:
From each patient the following data will be collected: full medical history, symptoms and signs, lab investigations including serum electrolytes, procalcitonin, liver and kidney function tests, receipt of antibiotics and its response.
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria:
Methods:
Study design This study will be conducted at the tertiary care hospital which offers a medical and surgery ICU and also has a cardiovascular Unit.
Epidemiologic and clinical information of patients and classification of the bacteremia as Primary Bloodstream Infections (PBI), and Secondary Bloodstream Infections (SBI), based on CDC criteria (5) and its National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) yearly update.
Sample collection
Sample size:
Number of Samples is calculated according to the next equation:
N= (Z α\2)²×P(1-P)\d² (Daniel, 2009) In which; N= the required sample size (Z α\2) = A normal deviation reflect the type 1 error = 1.96 P = the prevalence of atypical bacteria in sputum samples = (46%) (13). D = the accuracy of estimate (how close to the true population) = 0.1
Thus; N= 60 blood samples.
Data Management and Statistical Analysis The results of the collected data will entered into SPSS-19 program for statistical analysis.
Descriptive data will be managed based on its type; mean, SD and range will summarize continuous data. While qualitative data will be summarized by frequencies.
With regard to analytic data, chi square test will be utilized to determine the difference between qualitative data, while T test and ANOVA will be utilized to determine the difference between quantitative data.
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• Patients diagnosed with sepsis based on medical history, lab investigations and clinical picture.
Exclusion criteria
Patients diagnosed with sepsis proved by medical history, lab investigations and clinical picture who received non-beta lactam antibiotics for the past 24 hours.
600 participants in 4 patient groups
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