Multidrug resistance, inappropriate empiric therapy, and hospital mortality in Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia and sepsis

MD Zilberberg, BH Nathanson, K Sulham, W Fan… - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
adult patients admitted with pneumonia or sepsis as their principal diagnosis, or as a secondary
diagnosis in the setting of respiratory failure, along with antibioticappropriate treatment […

Procalcitonin-guided interventions against infections to increase early appropriate antibiotics and improve survival in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial

JU Jensen, L Hein, B Lundgren, MH Bestle… - Critical care …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… For patients in intensive care units, sepsis is a common and potentially deadly complication
and prompt initiation of appropriate … the time to appropriate therapy, thus improving survival. …

Appropriateness of antibiotic use and its influence on outcome of patients admitted to an intensive care unit

NB Silva, CA Polanczyk, P Behar - Critical Care, 2001 - Springer
… of the potential risk factors will be presented. … ICU and non-ICU patients, and to determine
whether APACHE-II can or cannot be used as a prognostic score index for non-ICU patients

Antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit

MH Kollef, VJ Fraser - Annals of internal medicine, 2001 - acpjournals.org
… particularly appropriaterisk factors associated with the acquisition of antibiotic-resistant
bacterial infections and potential strategies for the prevention of antibiotic resistance in the ICU. …

What are the independent parameters associated with increased mortality risk in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in the intensive care unit?

O YİLDİZ, E TABAKOGLU - Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri …, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
appropriate antibiotic initiation decreased the risk of mortality in culture-negative sepsis cases,
but that appropriate antibioticAppropriateness of empirical antibiotics: risk factors of adult

Impact of antibiotic resistance and of adequate empirical antibiotic treatment in the prognosis of patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia

G Peralta, MB Sanchez, JC Garrido… - Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… ; and hospitalization in an intensive care unit. The study was … Frequency of the appropriateness
of empirical antimicrobial … empirical antimicrobial therapy is an independent risk factor for

Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC)

A Corona, G Bertolini, J Lipman… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… of prompt initiation of appropriate, empirical antibiotic therapy for severe sepsis, though they
could … As we found, blood-borne infection is often acquired within the ICU as a secondary …

Inapropriate use of antibiotics effective against gram positive microorganisms despite restrictive antibiotic policies in ICUs: a prospective observational study

HS Özger, DM Fakıoğlu, K Erbay, A Albayrak… - BMC infectious …, 2020 - Springer
… the major risk factor for the inappropriate use of antibiotics. … to determine appropriate doses
of antibiotics in collaboration … and the appropriateness of antibiotics was evaluated only for …

… resistance in nosocomial bloodstream infection associated with pneumonia and the value of systematic surveillance cultures in an adult intensive care unit

PO Depuydt, SI Blot, DD Benoit, GW Claeys… - Critical care …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
… both risk factors for antimicrobial resistance were present, which was the case for 60% of our
patients, selecting appropriate … In our study, the rate of empirical appropriate antimicrobial …

Antimicrobial therapy for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: an evidence-based review

PY Bochud, M Bonten, O Marchetti… - Critical care …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
… The panel elected to focus on the following topics: 1) impact of appropriate antibiotic therapy
on the outcome of sepsis; 2) impact of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles …