Adherence to treatment in intensive care units on the example of pediatric sepsis: a review

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Intensive care does not always require only a large amount of resources. An important aspect is the formation of a multidisciplinary team involved in the treatment of patients in critical condition. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the need for the staff of intensive care units to use protocols for the diagnosis and treatment of critical conditions on the example of sepsis in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The analysis of publications devoted to the study of the impact of the implementation of the clinical recommendations of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign for the treatment of sepsis in children on the outcomes of the disease. The articles were searched in the abstract databases PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science Core Collection and Google Scholar for the period from 2011 to July 2022. Keywords were used: “pediatric sepsis”, “implementation”, “protocolized treatment”, “adherence”. RESULTS: During the search, only thirteen observational studies were found, nine of which were presented retrospectively, which can be attributed to the design flaws of the submitted works. It was revealed that the use of the entire complex of diagnostic and therapeutic measures presented in clinical recommendations and protocols for intensive therapy of sepsis in children can significantly improve the results of treatment, but the commitment of doctors to their use in routine clinical practice remains low and does not exceed 40 %. CONCLUSIONS: The main reason for the lack of commitment to the implementation of recommendations and standards for the treatment of sepsis in children is not only in the presence of organizational obstacles, but also in the absence of reasonable algorithms for its implementation.