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

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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Is antibacterial treatment intensity lower in elderly patients?: a retrospective cohort study in a German surgical intensive care unit by Beier, Dominik (Author) , Weiß, Christel (Author) , Hagmann, Michael (Author) , Balaban, Ümniye (Author) , Thiel, Manfred (Author) , Schneider-Lindner, Verena (Author) ,

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