Inappropriate antibiotic therapy in Gram-negative sepsis increases hospital length of stay

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Micek, Scott T ^b   Welch, Emily C ^b   Doherty, Joshua A ^d   Reichley, Richard M ^d   Kollef, Marin H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; length of stay; outcomes; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 78651257740     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181fa41a7     Document Type: Article

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