articleCritical Care MedicineDec 1, 2003Closed access

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

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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Keywords
  • 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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