Broad-spectrum antibiotic use in the pediatric intensive care unit: Balancing patient interests against intensive care unit ecology

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;10(1):136-7. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181937705.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Critical Illness / mortality
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric*
  • Male
  • Meropenem
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thienamycins / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Thienamycins
  • Meropenem