S E Isa, M O Iroezindu, S K Awang, G S Simji, K I Onyedibe, Mafuka, D Z Egah, D Crook
BACKGROUND: We audited the diagnosis and antibiotic therapy of patients admitted with sepsis in a resource-limited Nigerian hospital setting in order to improve the quality of sepsis care. METHOD: We conducted a retrospective analysis of the records of medical patients admitted for sepsis at the Jos University Teaching Hospital between September 2011 and August 2012. Data analysis included age, sex, appropriateness of sepsis diagnosis/severity, comorbidities, utility/yield of sample cultures, antibiotic therapy, duration of hospital stay and treatment outcome...
October 2013: Nigerian Journal of Medicine: Journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria