Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on outcome of bacteremic adults visiting the ED

Abstract Objectives To investigate the clinical impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotics on patient outcome and determine the risk factors for mortality in bacteremic adults who visited the emergency department (ED). Methods Bacteremic adults visiting the ED from January 2007 to June 2008 were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of emergency medicine 2012-10, Vol.30 (8), p.1447-1456
Hauptverfasser:	Lee, Ching-Chi, MD, Lee, Chung-Hsun, MD, Chuang, Ming-Che, MD, Hong, Ming-Yuan, MD, Hsu, Hsiang-Chin, MD, Ko, Wen-Chien, MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Antimicrobial agents Bacteremia - drug therapy Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - mortality Biological and medical sciences E coli Emergency Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Health facilities Hospitalization Humans Identification systems Inappropriate Prescribing - adverse effects Inappropriate Prescribing - mortality Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data Infections Intensive care Intensive care medicine Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Medical sciences Microorganisms Middle Aged Mortality Multivariate analysis Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Standard deviation Teaching hospitals Treatment Outcome
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