Association of antibiotic duration and all-cause mortality in a prospective study of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary-level critical care unit in Southern India.
Nivin Daniel StanleyJonathan Arul JeevanBijesh YadavKarthik GunasekaranKishore PichamuthuVignesh Kumar ChandiraseharanSowmya SathyendraSamuel George HansdakRamya IyyaduraiPublished in: BMJ open (2024)
In this hospital-based cohort study, there is insufficient evidence to suggest that prolonging antibiotic duration beyond 8 days in patients with VAP improves survival.