Appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy and mortality: Conflicting data explained by residual confounding

OBJECTIVE: Clinical practice universally assumes that appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy improves survival in patients with bloodstream infection. However, this is not generally supported by previous studies. We examined the association between appropriate therapy and 30-day mortality, while m...

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Autores principales: Schuttevaer, Romy, Alsma, Jelmer, Brink, Anniek, van Dijk, Willian, de Steenwinkel, Jurriaan E. M., Lingsma, Hester F., Melles, Damian C., Schuit, Stephanie C. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31743361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225478

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31743361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225478

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