Modification of Initial Empirical Antibiotic Prescription and its Impact on Patient Outcome: Experience of an Indian Intensive Care Unit
Amandeep Singh,
Supradip Ghosh,
Aditya Lyall
Abstract:A
bstract
Introduction
Data on the overall impact of antibiotic modification following initial empiric prescription in both culture-positive and culture-negative critically ill patients are exiguous.
Materials and methods
In a retrospective analysis of “ANT-CRITIC” study, we classified ICU patients receiving empirical antibiotics who remained in the ICU for >72 hours or till availability of culture results (whichever is longer) into five group… Show more
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