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Clinical Pulmonary Medicine:

November 2007 - Volume 14 - Issue 6 - p 366

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e31815a98d9

Pulmonary Trends

Empiric Therapy in the ICU: More Is Not Necessarily Better

Spiegler, Peter MD, FCCP

Abstract

Synopsis: Empiric antibiotics are frequently used in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the absence of confirmed infections and, in these cases, prolonged use is not helpful and may be harmful.

Source: Aarts MAW, Brun-Buisson C, Cool DJ, et al. Antibiotic management of suspected nosocomial ICU-acquired infection: does prolonged empiric therapy improve outcome? Intensive Care Med. 2007;33:1369-1378.

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