Background. Delayed treatment of candidemia has previously been shown to be an important
determinant of patient outcome. However, septic shock attributed to Candida infection and …

Introduction Septic shock is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world.
Unfortunately, the optimal fluid management of septic shock is unknown and currently is …

Study Objective Minimizing the duration of broad‐spectrum antimicrobial exposure in the
critically ill is a commonly used strategy aimed at preventing resistance. Our objective was to …

Background Nonventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP) is a serious nosocomial
infection that is increasingly attributed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Methods This is a …

Objectives: To assess whether sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality.
Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: One-thousand three-hundred beds urban …

Objective. The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy of dental panoramic tomograph
(DPT) in the presurgical assessment of mandibular third molar teeth by correlating the …

Objective: To identify the determinants of hospital mortality among patients with septic shock
receiving appropriate initial antibiotic treatment. Design: A retrospective cohort study of …

Advanced technologies using polymerase-chain reaction have allowed for increased recognition
of viral respiratory infections including pneumonia. Co-infections have been described …

Background In culture-positive nosocomial pneumonia, de-escalation (DE) from broad-spectrum
empirical antimicrobials to narrower-spectrum agents has shown to decrease broad-…

BACKGROUND: β-Lactam antibiotics demonstrate time-dependent killing. Prolonged infusion
of these agents is commonly performed to optimize the time the unbound concentration of …