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Record W2291406097 · doi:10.4212/cjhp.v69i1.1517

Interdisciplinary Systems-Based Intervention to Improve IV Hydration during Parenteral Administration of Acyclovir

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Lisa Dubrofsky, Ryan Kerzner, Chloë Delaunay, Camille Kolenda, Jocelyne Pépin, Blair Carl Schwartz

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy · 2016
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments
Canadian institutionsJewish General HospitalMcGill University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAdministration (probate law)Intervention (counseling)MedicineIntensive care medicinePharmacologyNursingPolitical science

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Background: Intravenous (IV) hydration is considered a protective factor in reducing the incidence of acyclovir- induced nephrotoxicity. A systems based review of cases of acyclovir-associated acute kidney injury can be used to examine institution-, care provider-, and task-related factors involved in administering the drug and can serve as a basis for developing a quality improvement intervention to achieve safer administration of acyclovir. Objectives: To explore the effectiveness of the study institution’s inter - disciplinary quality improvement intervention in increasing the dilution of acyclovir before IV administration. Methods: After conducting a systems-based review for intervention development, a retrospective analysis was undertaken to compare IV administration of acyclovir in the 6-month periods before and after implementation of the intervention. The study population was a sequential sample of all patients over 18 years of age who were seen in the emergency department or admitted to a ward and who received at least one IV dose of acyclovir at the study institution. The primary outcome was the volume in which each acyclovir dose was delivered. The secondary outcomes were the hourly rate of fluid administration, the frequency of an increase in hourly hydration rate, and the incidence of acute kidney injury. Results: Eighty-four patients (44 in the pre-intervention period and 40 in the post-intervention period) received IV acyclovir and had evaluable data for the primary outcome. The median volume in which the acyclovir dose was administered was significantly higher in the post-intervention group (250 mL versus 100 mL, p < 0.001). Conclusions: In this study, an easily implemented intervention significantly increased the volume of IV fluid administered to patients receiving acyclovir. Adequately powered prospective studies are suggested to investigate the effectiveness of this intervention on the clinically relevant incidence of acyclovir-induced nephrotoxicity. RÉSUMÉ Contexte : L’hydratation par voie intraveineuse est considérée comme un facteur de protection aidant à réduire l’incidence des cas de néphrotoxicité associés à l’acyclovir. Une analyse de systèmes des cas d’insuffisance rénale aiguë associés à l’acyclovir peut servir à examiner les facteurs liés aux établissements, aux fournisseurs de soins et aux tâches qui touchent l’administration du médicament et à générer ainsi une mesure visant l’amélioration de la qualité qui rendra l’administration d’acyclovir plus sûre. Objectif : Étudier l’efficacité de la mesure interdisciplinaire visant l’amélioration de la qualité qui a été mise en oeuvre dans l’établissement de l’étude et qui encourageait à diluer davantage l’acyclovir avant son administration par voie intraveineuse. Méthodes : Après avoir procédé à une analyse de systèmes pour générer une mesure d’intervention, une analyse rétrospective a été réalisée afin de comparer l’administration d’acyclovir par voie intraveineuse au cours des six mois précédant et suivant la mise en oeuvre de la mesure. La population de l’étude était composée d’un échantillon progressif de tous les patients de plus de 18 ans ayant séjourné aux urgences ou dans un service intra-hospitalier et ayant reçu au moins une dose d’acyclovir par voie intraveineuse dans l’établissement concerné. Le principal parameter d’évaluation était le volume de liquide contenant chaque dose d’acyclovir administrée. Les paramètres d’évaluation secondaires comprenaient : le débit horaire de liquide administré, la fréquence d’ajustement à la hausse du débit liquidien horaire et la fréquence des cas d’insuffisance rénale aiguë. Résultats : Quatre-vingt-quatre patients (44 dans la période précédant l’application de la mesure et 40 dans la période la suivant) ont reçu de l’acyclovir par voie intraveineuse et présentaient des données évaluables pour le paramètre principal. Le volume médian avec lequel chaque dose d’acyclovir était administrée était significativement supérieur dans le groupe suivant l’application de la mesure (250 mL contre 100 mL, p < 0,001). Conclusions : Cette étude montre qu’une mesure facile à mettre en place augmentait de façon significative le volume de liquides intraveineux administré aux patients recevant de l’acyclovir. L’on suggère de réaliser des études prospectives d’une puissance suffisante pour évaluer l’efficacité de cette mesure en ce qui a trait à la fréquence cliniquement significative des cas de néphrotoxicité associés à l’acyclovir.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.008
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.026
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.008
Threshold uncertainty score0.044

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0080.026
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.003
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.014
GPT teacher head0.316
Teacher spread0.302 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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