Pneumonia Prevention
Research from Freiburg University, Institute of Environmental Medicine broadens understanding of pneumonia prevention
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 29th, 2007
New research, "Modified guidelines impact on antibiotic use and costs: duration of treatment for pneumonia in a neurosurgical ICU is reduced," is the subject of a report. "To evaluate the impact of an intervention to reduce the duration of antibiotic treatment for pneumonia in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU). The usage of antibiotics and the resultant costs were examined using interrupted time series analysis while resistance and device-associated infection rates are also described," researchers in Freiburg, Germany report.
"In January 2004, revised guidelines for the use of antibiotics were implemented. As a consequence of this, the duration of antibiotic...
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