Impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis*
JGJosé Garnacho‐MonteroJGJ.L. García GarmendiaABA Barrero-AlmodóvarFJFrancisco J. Jimenez-JimenezCPC. Pérez-Paredes
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
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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 therapy on early (
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- Medicine
- Intensive care unit
- Sepsis
- Intensive care medicine
- Antibiotic therapy
- Outcome (game theory)
- Antibiotics
- Internal medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Good health and well-being
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