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From: Development of antibiotic treatment algorithms based on local ecology and respiratory surveillance cultures to restrict the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial drugs in the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis

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Local ecology-based algorithm. aClinical risk assessment for multi-drug resistant pathogens: high risk if one of the following characteristics is present: prior antimicrobial therapy; current hospitalization ≥ 5 days; hospitalization for ≥2 days in the preceding 6 months. bSeptic shock was defined as systolic arterial blood pressure <90 mmHg or mean arterial blood pressure <65 mmHg despite adequate fluid resuscitation. MDR, multi-drug resistant.

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