… appropriateness of empirical antibiotic prescriptions given for patients on admission to the
ICU. … The other independent risk factor for hospital mortality that we identified was prescription …

… The most common risk factor for sepsis was recent hospitalization (32%) followed by … and
appropriateness of empirical antibiotic choice on the clinical outcomes of sepsis and septic …

… relevance of antibiotic appropriateness, we created a stratified analysis to measure the effect
size of appropriate antibiotics… when presented with patient's risk factors.[35] The problem of …

… Univariate analysis was performed using Student's t-test or Wilcoxon's rank sum test, as
appropriate for continuous variables, and the Chi squared or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate, …

… risk factors for a subsequent positive clinical culture included ICU stay, central venous catheter,
receipt of antibiotics… significant reduction in time to appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy, …

… and relevance of the chosen empirical antibiotic therapy … amoxicillin/clavulanate), appropriate
(pathogen cefotaxime susceptible … of risk factors associated with colonization/infection with …

… -spectrum empirical antibiotic therapy, though appropriate, … intensive care unit (ICU) patients
received broad-spectrum … ) of them had 1 or 2 risk factors for MDRO infection ( Figure 4 ). …

… and the rapid initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy and … of the critically ill ICU patient
with severe sepsis or septic … for treatment of premature neonates with risk factors for sepsis. …

… performed to identify independent risk factors for mortality in … treatments, shock at onset,
intensive care unit (ICU) … compared to those receiving appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy (36…

… sepsis is a complex spectrum of illness, many factors affect the risk of death and the length of
stay in an ICU. … 1, if patient has risk factors for resistant GNR infection. Consult pharmacy for …