Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Apr 2010
Multicenter StudyCombination antibiotic therapy with macrolides improves survival in intubated patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
To assess the effect on survival of macrolides or fluoroquinolones in intubated patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe community-acquired pneumonia (severe CAP). ⋯ Patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia had a low adherence with the 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines. Combination therapy with macrolides should be preferred in intubated patients with severe CAP.
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Intensive care medicine · Apr 2010
Multicenter StudyAre small hospitals with small intensive care units able to treat patients with severe sepsis?
To find out whether mortality from sepsis is influenced by the size of the hospital and of the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Treatment of surgical patients with severe sepsis in small ICUs was associated with increased mortality. Because of the relatively small sample size, further studies are needed to confirm or refute this association.