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- Title
Excessive antimicrobial usage causes measurable harm to patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Authors
Yu, Victor L.; Singh, Nina
- Abstract
Comments on excessive antimicrobial usage that causes measurable harm to patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Discussion on the controversies regarding the management, optimal use of antibiotic therapy and diagnostic methodology; Proposition of a study that was targeted towards clinically meaningful end-points; Probable prediction of the salutary effects of limiting the number of duration of antibiotics.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; ANTI-infective agents; DRUGS; MICROBIAL metabolites; PNEUMONIA; LUNG diseases; PATIENTS; EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA diagnosis; ARTIFICIAL respiration; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; INTENSIVE care units
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2004, Vol 30, Issue 5, p735
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
commentary
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-004-2201-0