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“Appropriate” Versus “Inappropriate” Antibiotic Administration, “Prior To” Versus “After” the Diagnosis of Septic Shock. Impact on Patients with Sepsis Admitted to a Saudi Intensive Care Unit

INTRODUCTION: Delaying broad-spectrum antibiotics beyond 1-2 hours once the septic shock is diagnosed increases patients’ risk of death. However, what is the impact of already being on antibiotics when a septic shock is diagnosed? AIM: We compared demographics, clinical characteristics and outcomes...

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Autores principales: Algethamy, Haifa M., Morish, Ayman, Numan, Mohammad S., Alotaibi, Abdullah F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32410887
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2020.32.20-28