Using Restricted Cubic Splines to Study the Duration of Antibiotic Use in the Prognosis of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

• Main Authors: Yixian Xu (Author), Didi Han (Author), Fengshuo Xu (Author), Si Shen (Author), Xinkai Zheng (Author), Hao Wang (Author), Jun Lyu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most widespread and life-threatening nosocomial infection in intensive care units (ICUs). The duration of antibiotic use is a good predictor of prognosis in patients with VAP, but the ideal duration of antibiotic therapy for VAP in critically...