Association of antibiotic duration and all-cause mortality in a prospective study of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary-level critical care unit in Southern India

Association of antibiotic duration and all-cause mortality in a prospective study of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary-level critical care unit in Southern India

Objectives To estimate all-cause mortality in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and determine whether antibiotic duration beyond 8 days is associated with reduction in all-cause mortality in patients admitted with VAP in the intensive care unit.Design A prospective cohort study of patients diagn...

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Main Authors: Karthik Gunasekaran, Ramya Iyyadurai, Bijesh Yadav, Sowmya Sathyendra, Kishore Pichamuthu, Samuel George Hansdak, Nivin Daniel Stanley, Jonathan Arul Jeevan, Vignesh Kumar Chandiraseharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-04-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e077428.full

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