Concepedia

Time to Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy Is an Independent Determinant of Postinfection ICU and Hospital Lengths of Stay in Patients With Sepsis*

David Zhang, Scott T. Micek, Marin H. Kollef

Critical Care Medicine · 2015 · 141 citations · 25 references

Abstract

We identified time to appropriate antibiotic therapy in patients with sepsis to be an independent determinant of postinfection ICU and hospital lengths of stay. Clinicians should implement local strategies aimed at timely delivery of appropriate antibiotic therapy to improve outcomes and reduce length of stay.

References

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A new look at the statistical model identification

Hirotugu Akaike · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 1974 · 49.6K citations · Full text

Parameter Estimation, Engineering, Parameter Identification +16

APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1986 · 13.4K citations

Epidemiology, Engineering, Data Mining +15

APACHE II

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1985 · 13.4K citations

Epidemiology, Acute Care, Patient Safety +9

Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance

Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2011 · 13.3K citations

Antimicrobial Resistance Gene, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Health Sciences +11

Surviving Sepsis Campaign

R. Phillip Dellinger, Mitchell M. Levy, Andrew Rhodes et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2013 · 9.7K citations

Critical Care Management, Critical Care Medicine, Severe Sepsis +13