Effect of the Pandemic Outbreak on ICU-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Prescription Trends in Non-COVID19 Acute Respiratory Failure Patients.
Enrico BussolatiRosario CultreraAlessandra QuarantaValentina CriccaElisabetta MarangoniRiccardo La RosaSara BertacchiniAlessandra BellonziRiccardo RagazziCarlo Alberto VoltaSpadaro SavinoGaetano ScaramuzzoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
ICU admission for non-COVID-19 ARF during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was not associated with an increased risk of ICU-associated HAIs. Nevertheless, ICU prescription of antimicrobial therapy changed and significantly decreased during the pandemic.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- respiratory failure
- mechanical ventilation
- coronavirus disease
- intensive care unit
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- staphylococcus aureus
- bone marrow
- aortic dissection