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 Stanley Jonathan Arul Jeevan Bijesh Yadav Karthik Gunasekaran Kishore Pichamuthu Vignesh Kumar Chandiraseharan Sowmya SathyendraSamuel George HansdakRamya Iyyadurai

Published 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.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
respiratory failure