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Trends in use and impact on outcome of empiric antibiotic therapy and non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with acute exacerbation

BACKGROUND: Empiric antibiotic therapy is routinely prescribed in patients with acute COPD exacerbations (AECOPD) requiring ventilatory support on the basis of studies including patients conventionally ventilated. Whether this practice remains valid to current management with first-line non-invasive...

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Autores principales: Ouanes, Islem, Ouanes-Besbes, Lamia, Ben Abdallah, Saoussen, Dachraoui, Fahmi, Abroug, Fekri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26429357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-015-0072-x