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Expert Reviews in 2003
This section contains our archive of expert reviews from 2003. You can read the latest reviews on our .
Jordi Rello
Sandiumenge A, Diaz E, Bodi M, Rello J. Therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
A patient-based approach based on the ten rules of "The Tarragona Strategy".
Intensive Care Med 2003; 29:876-883.
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Peggy S.
McKinnon
Lodise TP, McKinnon PS, Swiderski L, Rybak MJ. Outcomes analysis of delayed
antibiotic treatment for hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Clin Infect Dis 2003;36(11):1418-1423.
Andy Shorr
Kollef MH, Appropriate empirical antibacterial therapy for nosocomial infections:
Getting it right the first time. Drugs 2003; 63 (20): 2157-2168.
David Paterson
Paterson, DL, Rice, LB. Empirical Antibiotic Choice for the Seriously Ill Patient:
Are Minimization of Selection of Resistant Organisms and Maximization of Individual
Outcome Mutually Exclusive? Clin Infect Dis 2003;36:1006–1012.
John McGowan
Lai KK, Baker SP, Fontecchio SA. Impact of a program of intensive surveillance
and interventions targeting ventilated patients
in the reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia
and its cost-effectiveness.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:859-863.
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Blot S, Vandewoude K, Hoste E, et al. Absence of excess mortality in critically
ill patients with nosocomial Escherichia coli bacteremia.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:912-915.
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Norbert Suttorp
Chastre J, Wolff M, Fagon J-Y, et al. Comparison of 8 vs 15 days of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults.
JAMA 2003;290:2588–2598.
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Gilbert Park
Garnacho-Montero J, Garcia-Garmendia JL, Berrero-Almondovar A, et al. Impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis.
Crit Care Med 2003;31:2742-2751.
Robert Masterton
Porretta A, Giuliani L, Vegni FE, et al. Prevalence and patterns of antibiotic prescribing in Italian hospitals.
Infection 2003;31(Suppl. 2):16-21.
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