Blood Cultures and Appropriate Antimicrobial Administration after Achieving Sustained Return of Spontaneous Circulation in Adults with Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

• Main Authors: Chih-Hao Lin (Author), Po-Lin Chen (Author), Yi-Tzu Huang (Author), Ching-Yu Ho (Author), Chih-Chia Hsieh (Author), William Yu Chung Wang (Author), Ching-Chi Lee (Author), Wen-Chien Ko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We aimed to determine the incidence of bacteremia and prognostic effects of prompt administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy (AAT) on nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients achieving a sustained return of spontaneous circulation (sROSC), compared with non-OHCA patients...