A Pragmatic Biomarker-Driven Algorithm to Guide Antibiotic Use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: The Optimizing Antibiotic Strategies in Sepsis (OASIS) Study
Author(s) -
Kevin J. Downes,
Scott L. Weiss,
Jeffrey S. Gerber,
Sarah B. Klieger,
Julie C. Fitzgerald,
Fran Balamuth,
Sherri Kubis,
Pam Tolomeo,
Warren B. Bilker,
Xiaoyan Han,
Irving Nachamkin,
Charles Garrigan,
Jennifer Han,
Ebbing Lautenbach,
Susan Coffin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piw023
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , sepsis , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , biomarker , de escalation , algorithm , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
Biomarkers that identify critically ill children with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) at low risk for bacterial infection may help clinicians reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
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