This study will collect real-life data from patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) OR complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) to assess the burden of the disease, review the treatment pathways, evaluate how health resources are used and identify any areas of unmet medical needs. The aim of the study is to compare how patients who are admitted to hospital with CAP or cSSSI are managed across Europe. This will be done by collecting data to understand the patient and disease characteristics, current practice of treatment, and outcomes for the patient. Overall 4000 patients will be recruited from 10 European countries.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4,035
Research Site
Aalst, Belgium
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Bonheiden, Belgium
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Brussels, Belgium
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Charleroi, Belgium
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Dinant, Belgium
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Edegem, Belgium
Number of patients with infection resolution reaching clinical stability, as a measure of effectiveness
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients reaching clinical stability, as a measure of effectiveness
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients death, as a measure of clinical failure
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients with infection recurrence, as a measure of clinical failure
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients requiring change in antibiotic, as a measure of clinical failure
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients hospitalized with CAP or cSSSI, in each type of hospital and department, as a descriptive measure of burden of disease, and patient flow.
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31.
Number and type of diagnostic tests, as measure of use of resources
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Type of medications used, as measure of use of resources
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Duration of hospitalisation, as measure of use of resources
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
Number of patients requiring ICU / isolation / mechanical ventilation / complications, as measure of use of resources
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
No. patients infected with MR-Staphylococcus aureus in cSSSI, or with PR-Streptococcus pneumoniae in CAP, not responding to antibiotic treatment, as measure of prevalence of resistant strains and of incidence of associated clinical failure
Time frame: Retrospective. Outcome measures will be determined in patients hospitalized between 2010-12-01 and 2011-01-31, from the date of hospitalization, up to the date of hospital discharge (2011-02-28 at the latest).
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