When to Stop Antibiotics in the Critically Ill?

• Main Authors: Nathan D. Nielsen (Author), James T. Dean (Author), Elizabeth A. Shald (Author), Andrew Conway Morris (Author), Pedro Povoa (Author), Jeroen Schouten (Author), Nicholas Parchim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Over the past century, antibiotic usage has skyrocketed in the treatment of critically ill patients. There have been increasing calls to establish guidelines for appropriate treatment and durations of antibiosis. Antibiotic treatment, even when appropriately tailored to the patient and infection, is...