Impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis.

Garnacho-Montero, Jose; Luis Garcia-Garmendia, Jose; Barrero-Almodovar, Ana; J Jimenez-Jimenez, Francisco; Perez-Paredes, Carmen; Ortiz-Leyba, Carlos

doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000098031.24329.10

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Impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis.

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Authors:

Jose Garnacho-Montero

Jose Luis Garcia-Garmendia

Ana Barrero-Almodovar

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Our primary goal was to evaluate the impact on in-hospital mortality rate of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy, after controlling for confounding variables, in a cohort of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis. The impact of adequate empirical antibiotic ther...

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