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… This study aimed to assess antibiotic appropriateness and patient outcomes in the ICUs of …

… Appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment is associated with … ), 36 restricted inclusion to the
intensive care unit (ICU), 7 to … including patients with bacteraemia, independent risk factors …

… 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, …

… 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. …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… challenging in the context of critical care. It should be guided … treatment, hamper their
usefulness in making decisions about … physician's knowledge of risk factors for MDR pathogen …

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

… 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…