A Retrospective Analysis of Prolonged Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Pneumonia Among Adult Neurocritical Care Patients

Ciera Patzke,Michael J. Armahizer,Neeraj Badjatia,Melissa Motta

A Retrospective Analysis of Prolonged Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Pneumonia Among Adult Neurocritical Care Patients

2019

Ciera Patzke
Michael J. Armahizer
Neeraj Badjatia
Melissa Motta

Background and Purpose:Current literature reports that half of critically ill patients are continued on broad-spectrum antibiotics beyond 72 hours despite no confirmed infection. The purpose of thi...

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Intensive care medicine
Antibiotics
Medicine
Neurointensive care
Discontinuation
Interquartile range
Etiology
Piperacillin
Retrospective cohort study
Internal medicine
Tazobactam
Population

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