ÇAŞKURLU, HÜLYAErdem, HakanHargreaves, SallyANKARALI, HANDANCeviker, Sevil AlkanBahar-Kacmaz, AsiyeMeric-Koc, MelihaALTINDİŞ, MUSTAFAYildiz-Kirazaldi, YaseminKizilates, FilizAlsalman, JameelaCag, YaseminKamal, Abu Hena MostafaDokmetas, IlyasDindar-Demiray, Emine KubraShehata, Ghaydaa AhmedHasman, HakanSadykova, AinurLlopis, FerranRamosaco, ErgysLogar, MatejaALAY, HandanKESMEZ CAN, FatmaRuch, YvonBulut, DilekMakek, Mateja JankovicMarino, AndreaMahboob, AmjadEl-Kholy, AmaniAbdallah, DirarSefa-Sayar, MerveKARAALİ, RıdvanAslan, SeldaDar, Razi EvenAbdalla, EsamMonzon-Camps, HelenaBaljic, RusmirMgdalena, Dumitru IrinaNaghili, BehrouzAbbas Dafalla, Mohamed ElhassanAlwashmi, Ameen S. S.Carmen, Cernat RoxanaRamirez-Estrada, SergioWojewodzka-Zelezniakowicz, MarzenaAkyildiz, OzayZajkowska, JoannaEl-Sokkary, RehabPandya, NiravAmer, FatmaAlavi-Darazam, IladGrgic, SvjetlanaWegdan, Ahmed AshrafEl-Kholy, JehanBULUT AVŞAR, CANSUKulzhanova, SholpanTAŞBAKAN, MELTEMKumari, Hema PrakashDirani, NataliaKoganti, KalyanKonkayev, Aidos K.Petrov, Michael M.Cascio, AntonioLiskova, AnnaDel Vecchio, Rosa FontanaLambertenghi, LorenzaMladenov, NikolayÖNCÜ, SERKANRello, Jordi2021-04-132021-04-132021-01-01Erdem H., Hargreaves S., ANKARALI H., ÇAŞKURLU H., Ceviker S. A. , Bahar-Kacmaz A., Meric-Koc M., ALTINDİŞ M., Yildiz-Kirazaldi Y., Kizilates F., et al., -Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments: international ID-IRI study-, JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY, 2021http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/28738We aimed to explore factors for optimizing antimicrobial treatment in emergency departments. A single-day point prevalence survey was conducted on January 18, 2020, in 53 referral/tertiary hospitals in 22 countries. 1957 (17%) of 11557 patients presenting to EDs had infections. The mean qSOFA score was 0.37 +/- 0.74. Sepsis (qSOFA >= 2) was recorded in 218 (11.1%) patients. The mean qSOFA score was significantly higher in low-middle (1.48 +/- 0.963) compared to upper-middle (0.17 +/- 0.482) and high-income (0.36 +/- 0.714) countries ( P < 0.001). Eight (3.7%) patients with sepsis were treated as outpatients. The most common diagnoses were upper-respiratory (n = 877, 43.3%), lower-respiratory (n = 316, 16.1%), and lower-urinary (n = 201, 10.3%) infections. 1085 (55.4%) patients received antibiotics. The most-commonly used antibiotics were beta-lactam (BL) and BL inhibitors (n = 307, 15.7%), third-generation cephalosporins (n = 251, 12.8%), and quinolones (n = 204, 10.5%). Irrational antibiotic use and inappropriate hospitalization decisions seemed possible. Patients were more septic in countries with limited resources. Hence, a better organizational scheme is required.ArticleWOS:0006303917000018510293906510.1080/1120009x.2020.186369633734040