Evaluation of antibiotics use in a tertiary care pediatric intensive care and high-dependency unit

• Main Authors: Pradeep Kumar Sharma (Author), Maneesh Kumar (Author), Ashish Sahani (Author), Rohit Goyal (Author), Girraj K Aggarwal (Author), Virender Kumar (Author), Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal (Author), R D Srivastava (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Widespread antimicrobial use, both appropriate and inappropriate is prevalent in intensive care units (ICU) leading to antimicrobial resistance. Literature from adult ICUs revealed that 68% to 80% of patients receive antibiotics. Although less documented in pediatric intensive care units...