Appropriateness of empirical antibiotics: risk factors of adult patients with sepsis in the ICU

KA Al-Sunaidar, N Prof Abd Aziz… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
… Background The appropriateness of antibiotics is the basis for improving the survival of … of
empirical antibiotics, reasons for non-appropriate empirical antibiotics, risk factors of mortality, …

Risk factors for target non-attainment during empirical treatment with β-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients

JJ De Waele, J Lipman, M Akova, M Bassetti… - Intensive care …, 2014 - Springer
Risk factors for β-lactam antibiotic underdosing in critically ill patients have not been … (PK/PD)
target non-attainment envisioning empirical dosing in critically ill patients and considering a …

Empiric antibiotic therapy in urinary tract infection in patients with risk factors for antibiotic resistance in a German emergency department

S Bischoff, T Walter, M Gerigk, M Ebert… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
… of risk factors will improve empiric antibioticantibiotics was overall less than 85%. However,
when analyzed by presence of risk factors our data showed that patients with no risk factors

Empirical use of antibiotics and adjustment of empirical antibiotic therapies in a university hospital: a prospective observational study

J Mettler, M Simcock, P Sendi, AF Widmer… - BMC infectious …, 2007 - Springer
… therapy was inadequate in 22% and adjusted antibiotic therapy … antibiotics with an
unnecessarily broad spectrum. Finally, IV) we identified risk factors for inadequate empirical

Risk factors for multidrug resistant bacteria and optimization of empirical antibiotic therapy in postoperative peritonitis

P Augustin, N Kermarrec, C Muller-Serieys, S Lasocki… - Critical Care, 2010 - Springer
… As the primary objective of the study was to determine risk factors and outcome of PP
patients with MDR bacteria, the group of patients with MDR bacteria (called MDR group) was …

Aspiration risk factors, microbiology, and empiric antibiotics for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

J Marin-Corral, S Pascual-Guardia, F Amati, S Aliberti… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
… of empiric anti-anaerobic antibiotic coverage are unknown. Therefore, we sought to assess
aspiration risk factors, as well as microbiology and empiric anti-anaerobic antibiotic therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Adult bacterial meningitis: aetiology, penicillin susceptibility, risk factors, prognostic factors and guidelines for empirical antibiotic treatment

CN Meyer, IS Samuelsson, M Galle… - Clinical microbiology and …, 2004 - Elsevier
… -acquired infection nor absence of identified risk factors can predict susceptibility to penicillin
accurately. Recommendations for empirical antibiotic treatment for ABM should not be …

Assessment of risk factors for multi-drug resistant organisms to guide empiric antibiotic selection in long term care: a dilemma

P Drinka, MS Niederman, AA El-Solh… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jamda.com
… It is important that practitioners identify residents at risk for infection with MDROs. The risk
factor assessment should be done before selecting empiric antibiotic therapy. 1 It is well …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of empirical antibiotics for health care-associated pneumonia via integration of pneumonia severity index and risk factors of drug-resistant …

PH Wang, HC Wang, SL Cheng, HT Chang… - Journal of the Formosan …, 2016 - Elsevier
… PSI II had a low risk of DRPs … Antibiotics of PSI III and IV with risk factors could be targeted
DRPs. PSI V with wound care had a higher risk of MRSA, and empirical anti-MRSA antibiotics

Determinants of inappropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis

E Carrara, I Pfeffer, O Zusman, L Leibovici… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… the risk factors for IEAT. In a study including patients with bacteraemia, independent risk
factors identified at the individual patient level were hospital-acquired infections, previous …