Empirical use of antibiotics in adult intensive care unit: a real-life approach

DD Protić, MM Stojković, DLN Marković… - Hospital …, 2019 - scindeks.ceon.rs
… , potential risk factors are compared only among patients with confirmed infection (Table 3). …
of guidelines with the most appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment for each indication could …

Effective antibiotic treatment prescribed by emergency physicians in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe sepsis or septic shock: where is the gap?

R Capp, Y Chang, DFM Brown - The Journal of emergency medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
… prescribe appropriate antibiotics to culture-positive patients with severe sepsis or septic shock
… Therefore, further studies need to be performed on whether certain risk factors within the …

Risk factors for treatment failure in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia receiving appropriate antibiotic therapy

G Gursel, M Aydogdu, E Ozyilmaz, TN Ozis - Journal of critical care, 2008 - Elsevier
patients, and 62% of them fulfilled the criteria for TF. However, 77% of the patients had received
appropriate antibiotic … A 28-day mortality rate in appropriately treated VAP patients varies …

Inadequate antimicrobial treatment of infections: a risk factor for hospital mortality among critically ill patients

MH Kollef, G Sherman, S Ward, VJ Fraser - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
risk factor for the administration of inadequate antimicrobial treatment among ICU patients
… supported by positive culture results from an appropriate clinical specimen) to be present for …

Antibiotic use in the intensive care unit: optimization and de-escalation

M Campion, G Scully - Journal of intensive care medicine, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… Initiating appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy based upon the likely source and typical
pathogens as well as patient-specific risk factors can improve patients’ care in the …

Mortality in ICU patients with bacterial community-acquired pneumonia: when antibiotics are not enough

, … Intensive Care Units (CAPUCI) Study Investigators - Intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
… pneumonia who received appropriate antibiotic therapy from … for sepsis treatment and found
benefit in a subgroup of patients … independent risk factor for mortality in severe CAP patients. …

Delayed second dose antibiotics for patients admitted from the emergency department with sepsis: prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes

D Leisman, V Huang, Q Zhou, J Gribben… - Critical care …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… capture of variables that may be related to risk or outcomes from second dose delay; for … ,
appropriateness of initial empiric therapy, and details and rationale for revision of initial empiric

Appropriateness of empirical treatment and outcome in bacteremia caused by extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing bacteria

FNJ Frakking, WC Rottier… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
… of appropriate therapy. Outcome data were all-cause mortality 30 days after bacteremia onset
(primary outcome), length of hospital stay, and intensive care unit (ICU) … as risk factors for …

[HTML][HTML] Inappropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in medical, surgical and intensive care units: results of a multicentre observational study

M Macera, F Calò, L Onorato, G Di Caprio, C Monari… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
… to provide a snapshot analysis of antibiotic appropriateness in two hospitals in Southern …
, including both adult and paediatric patients, and to evaluate the risk factors associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Appropriateness of antibiotic management of uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections in hospitalized adult patients

TL Walsh, L Chan, CI Konopka, MJ Burkitt… - BMC Infectious …, 2016 - Springer
… to include only patients without risk factors for gram negative … patients without severe
infection, so we excluded patients treated in an intensive care unit, concern for necrotizing infection