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

• Main Authors: Dominik Beier (Author), Christel Weiß (Author), Michael Hagmann (Author), Ümniye Balaban (Author), Manfred Thiel (Author), Verena Schneider-Lindner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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....