Factors influencing the implementation of antibiotic de-escalation and impact of this strategy in critically ill patients
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Critical Care
- Vol. 17 (4), R140-8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12819
Abstract
The online intensive care journal. Critical Care is a high quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal that aims to improve the care of critically ill patients by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to intensivists. The journal publishes commentaries, reviews, and research in all areas of intensive care and emergency medicine.Keywords
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