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An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures.

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Boggan, JC; Baker, AW; Lewis, SS; Dicks, KV; Durkin, MJ; Moehring, RW; Chen, LF; Knelson, LP; Hegland, DD; Anderson, DJ
Published in: Open Forum Infect Dis
December 2015

Background.  The optimum approach for infectious complication surveillance for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedures is unclear. We created an automated surveillance tool for infectious complications after CIED procedures. Methods.  Adults having CIED procedures between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011 at Duke University Hospital were identified retrospectively using International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) procedure codes. Potential infections were identified with combinations of ICD-9 diagnosis codes and microbiology data for 365 days postprocedure. All microbiology-identified and a subset of ICD-9 code-identified possible cases, as well as a subset of procedures without microbiology or ICD-9 codes, were reviewed. Test performance characteristics for specific queries were calculated. Results.  Overall, 6097 patients had 7137 procedures. Of these, 1686 procedures with potential infectious complications were identified: 174 by both ICD-9 code and microbiology, 14 only by microbiology, and 1498 only by ICD-9 criteria. We reviewed 558 potential cases, including all 188 microbiology-identified cases, 250 randomly selected ICD-9 cases, and 120 with neither. Overall, 65 unique infections were identified, including 5 of 250 reviewed cases identified only by ICD-9 codes. Queries that included microbiology data and ICD-9 code 996.61 had good overall test performance, with sensitivities of approximately 90% and specificities of approximately 80%. Queries with ICD-9 codes alone had poor specificity. Extrapolation of reviewed infectious rates to nonreviewed cases yields an estimated rate of infection of 1.3%. Conclusions.  Electronic queries with combinations of ICD-9 codes and microbiologic data can be created and have good test performance characteristics for identifying likely infectious complications of CIED procedures.

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Open Forum Infect Dis

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2328-8957

Publication Date

December 2015

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2

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4

Start / End Page

ofv128

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Boggan, J. C., Baker, A. W., Lewis, S. S., Dicks, K. V., Durkin, M. J., Moehring, R. W., … Anderson, D. J. (2015). An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures. Open Forum Infect Dis, 2(4), ofv128. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv128
Boggan, Joel C., Arthur W. Baker, Sarah S. Lewis, Kristen V. Dicks, Michael J. Durkin, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, Lauren P. Knelson, Donald D. Hegland, and Deverick J. Anderson. “An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures.Open Forum Infect Dis 2, no. 4 (December 2015): ofv128. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv128.
Boggan JC, Baker AW, Lewis SS, Dicks KV, Durkin MJ, Moehring RW, et al. An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;2(4):ofv128.
Boggan, Joel C., et al. “An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures.Open Forum Infect Dis, vol. 2, no. 4, Dec. 2015, p. ofv128. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ofid/ofv128.
Boggan JC, Baker AW, Lewis SS, Dicks KV, Durkin MJ, Moehring RW, Chen LF, Knelson LP, Hegland DD, Anderson DJ. An Automated Surveillance Strategy to Identify Infectious Complications After Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Procedures. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;2(4):ofv128.
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Published In

Open Forum Infect Dis

DOI

ISSN

2328-8957

Publication Date

December 2015

Volume

2

Issue

4

Start / End Page

ofv128

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences