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27.11.2019 | Less is more in Intensive Care
Less empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics is more in the ICU
verfasst von:
Jose Mauro da Fonseca Pestana Ribeiro, Marcelo Park
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 4/2020
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Excerpt
Antibiotics are administered in approximately 71% of patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and have helped to save millions of lives [
1]. However, up to half of all antibiotic prescriptions may be unnecessary [
2]. Antibiotic overuse has contributed to alarmingly high levels of global antibiotic resistance, which is increasing at a rate faster than that at which novel antibiotics are produced. Therefore, finding a fine balance between the appropriate use and avoidance of unnecessary administration is crucial to prevent the renaissance of a new world without antibiotics [
2]. …