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Impact of Regular Collaboration Between Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Practitioners on Antimicrobial Utilization and Patient OutcomeRamzy H Rimawi, Mark A Mazer, Dawd S Siraj, Mike Gooch, and Paul P Cook Crit Care Med, 2013, 41(9);2099-2107 This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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| The findings certainly sound a bit stretched.The open system of ICU in US is a different world all together. My experience with septic patients here in Australia, is that the mortality is far lower than what is usually reported in US studies. My opinion is that ID consult should be ICU team initiated in selected cases rather than blanket consult. Often empirical antibiotic selection involves careful weighing of risks and benefits in a critically ill patient which i have personally found difficult to communicate to ID team. Besides its not difficult to imagine the delay in commencement of antibiotics. | |
| shiv-12 Sep, 2013 07:29:14 AM | |
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This single centre MICU study looks at the effect of regular collaboration between infectious disease fellow and critical care practitioners on antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.
They compared 2 x 3-month periods (before and after), and found;
- Similar baseline...