Mortality and morbidity attributable to inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis: a matched cohort study
Author(s) -
José GarnachoMontero,
Carlos Ortíz-Leyba,
Inmaculada Concepción Herrera-Melero,
T. Aldabó-Pallás,
Aurelio Cayuela,
Juan Antonio Márquez-Vácaro,
J. Carbajal-Guerrero,
J.L. García Garmendia
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm460
Subject(s) - medicine , antimicrobial , sepsis , intensive care medicine , cohort study , cohort , emergency medicine , organic chemistry , chemistry
To determine the attributable mortality and excess length of stay (LOS) associated with the use of inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy in patients with sepsis at admission to the intensive care unit (ICU).
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