Table 1
From: De-escalation therapy: 1-year experience in a general intensive care unit
Antibiotics | Patients | Success rate | Escalation rate | De-escalation | Failure | Surgical complication | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002, mefoxin | 85 | 26 (31%) | 41 (48%) | - | 24 (28%) | 17 (20%) | 31 (36.4%) |
2002, other antibiotic | 114 | 53 (46.5%) | 30 (26.3%) | - | 15 (13%) | 25 (22%) | 30 (26.3%) |
2003–2004, carbapenems | 137 | 78 (57%) | - | 33 (24%) | 6 (4.4%) | 10 (7.3%) | 18 (13%) |