Antibiotics appropriate use in intensive care unit?

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Antibiotics in ICU -- A guide for the Perplexed

http://www.anaesthetist.com/icu/infect/ab/Findex.htm#abrx.htm

Aldo F Costa

It depends on the pathogen and localization of infection. Broadly speaking broad-spectrum antibiotics must be used in ICU like 3rd or 4th generation cephalosporines, broad-spectrum penicillins (piperacillin-tazobactam, ticarcillin-clavulanate), Vancomicin, Linezolid (against MRSA), anti-psudomonic antiboitic (ceftazidime, fluoroquinolones, cefepime), carbapenems (imipenem, ertapenem), Aztreonam ecc. The real deal is to de-scalate antibiotic treatment in order to reduce resistence rates and adverse effects of antiboitic drugs.

Ali A R Aldallal

Strategies for appropriate antibiotic use in intensive care unit

Article Strategies for appropriate antibiotic use in intensive care unit