The case for de-escalation in antimicrobial therapy: time to change our strategy in the management of septic shock?

Intensive Care Med. 2014 Feb;40(2):284-285. doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-3166-7. Epub 2013 Dec 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neutropenia / drug therapy*
  • Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Shock, Septic / mortality*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents