Is antibacterial treatment intensity lower in elderly patients? A retrospective cohort study in a German surgical intensive care unit

Is antibacterial treatment intensity lower in elderly patients? A retrospective cohort study in a German surgical intensive care unit

Abstract Background Demographic change concurrent with medical progress leads to an increasing number of elderly patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Antibacterial treatment is an important, often life-saving, aspect of intensive care but burdened by the associated antimicrobial resistance risk....

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Main Authors: Dominik Beier, Christel Weiß, Michael Hagmann, Ümniye Balaban, Manfred Thiel, Verena Schneider-Lindner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Antibacterials
ICU
Older patients
Electronic patient record
Zero-inflated Poisson regression
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4204-0

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