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1956. Reduction in Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures after Implementation of a Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
BACKGROUND: Clinicians obtain endotracheal aspirate (ETA) cultures from mechanically ventilated patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for the evaluation of ventilator-associated infection (i.e., tracheitis or pneumonia). Positive cultures prompt clinicians to treat with antibiotics ev...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808819/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.133 |