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Is antibacterial treatment intensity lower in elderly patients?: a retrospective cohort study in a German surgical intensive care unit

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Demographic change concurrent with medical progress leads to an increasing number of elderly patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Antibacterial treatment is an important, often life-saving, aspect of intensive care but burdened by the associated antimicrobial resistance risk. Elderly patients ar...

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Main Authors: Beier, Dominik (Author) , Weiß, Christel (Author) , Hagmann, Michael (Author) , Balaban, Ümniye (Author) , Thiel, Manfred (Author) , Schneider-Lindner, Verena (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 10 June 2019
In: BMC health services research
Year: 2019, Volume: 19
ISSN:1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-019-4204-0
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4204-0
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Author Notes:Dominik Beier, Christel Weiß, Michael Hagmann, Ümniye Balaban, Manfred Thiel, Verena Schneider-Lindner
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Summary:Demographic change concurrent with medical progress leads to an increasing number of elderly patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Antibacterial treatment is an important, often life-saving, aspect of intensive care but burdened by the associated antimicrobial resistance risk. Elderly patients are simultaneously at greater risk of infections and may be more restrictively treated because, generally, treatment intensity declines with age. We therefore described utilization of antibacterials in ICU patients older and younger than 80 years and examined differences in the intensity of antibacterial therapy between both groups.
Item Description:Gesehen am 01.10.2019
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ISSN:1472-6963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-019-4204-0

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