… is the basis for improving the survival of patients with sepsis. Objective This study …
appropriateness of empirical antibiotics, reasons for non-appropriate empirical antibiotics, risk factors …

… with septic shock and in an intensive care unit (ICU); the mean APACHE score; the prevalence
of … All studies reporting adjusted risk factors for all-cause mortality performed multivariable …

… appropriate EAMT to critically ill sepsis patients was considered as a good predictor for the
decreased ICU… Also, the previous exposure to the antimicrobials is a risk factor for developing …

… VAP bundle was conducted for all adult patients ventilated in the ICU of a large district general
hospital in … The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, risk factors and …

… Bivariate analysis of risk factors associated with hospital mortality is depicted in Table 3. …
of appropriate antibiotics in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock admitted to the ICU …

… Therefore, it is important to revise the meaning of the expression appropriate antibiotic …
the factors that comprise the concepts of appropriate, adequate, and optimal initial antibiotic …

… patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) [5–11]. Nonetheless, it may be difficult to provide an
appropriate empiric regimen to every patient… The most common risk factor for CDI is antibiotic …

… (433, 83.6%) were admitted to general wards and 68 (13.1%) to intensive care units (ICUs). …
Univariate analysis of the risk factors in the emergency department (ED) for 28-day mortality …

… cohort of ICU patients with nosocomial infection some of the recognised risk factors failed to
… isolated in about 40% of patients in the absence of these risk factors. As a consequence, the …

… Estimates of the potential benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment (AAT) vary
widely [7-11]. Studies on the effect of inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy (IAAT) on patient …