Antimicrobial Therapy in Intensive Care Unit

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter baumannii; antibiotic choices; antibiotic optimisation; antibiotic pressure; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic stewardship (AMS); antibiotics; antibiotics utilization; antimicrobial agents; antimicrobial combinations; antimicrobial stewardship; APACHE II score; aspiration pneumonia; bacteraemia; bacteremia; beta-lactam antibiotics; biomarker; blood stream infection; bloodstream infection; broth microdilution; C-reactive protein; Candida species; candidemia; carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAb); carbapenems; cefiderocol; clinical pharmacy services; colistin; colistin-resistant; colonization; COVID-19; critical illness; critically ill; de-escalation; defined daily dose; double carbapenem; dysbiosis; ECMO; empiric; empirical; epidemiology; eravacycline; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; fluconazole resistance; Gram-negative; guided antimicrobial therapy; HAP; hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP); ICU; incidence; infection; infection control; intensive care; intensive care unit; Klebsiella pneumoniae; mechanical ventilation; microbiome; Monte Carlo simulation; mortality; multidrug-resistance (MDR); n/a; newer β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitors; non-albicans Candida species; non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli (GNB); pandrug-resistant; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; pneumonia resolution; polymicrobial; presepsin; probabilistic antibiotics; probiotics; procalcitonin; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; renal replacement therapy; risk factors; salvage treatment; SARS-CoV-2 infection; sepsis; septic shock; SOFA score; source control; synergy; VAP; ventilator-associated pneumonia; ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036567686; 9783036567693; books978-3-0365-6768-6
• Access: Open Access

This reprint is an excellent collection of articles that deal with difficult-to-treat infections in the ICU environment. Multiresistant bacteria and fungi create severe treatment problems to the physician charged with their care. We hope that this book will help everyday dilemmas and add useful information on difficult topics.