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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Does Empirical Antibiotic Use Improve Outcomes in Ventilated Patients with Pandemic Viral Infection? A Multicentre Retrospective Study.

Elisabeth Papiol, Julen Berrueta, Juan Carlos Ruíz-Rodríguez, Ricard Ferrer, Sara Manrique, Laura Claverias, Alejandro García-Martínez, Pau Orts, Emili Díaz, Rafael Zaragoza and 7 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Elisabeth PapiolIntensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron Universitary Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7361-7835
Julen BerruetaCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0009-1015-9780
Juan Carlos Ruíz-RodríguezIntensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron Universitary Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Ricard FerrerIntensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron Universitary Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Sara ManriqueCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
Laura ClaveriasCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7170-3788
Alejandro García-MartínezCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
Pau OrtsCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
Emili DíazCritical Care Department, Hospital Parc Tauli, 08208 Sabadell, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3637-3821
Rafael ZaragozaCritical Care Department, Hospital Dr. Peset, 46017 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6593-5486
Marco MarottaCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
María BodíCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7652-8379
Sandra TreflerCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.
Josep GómezTechnical Secretary Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0573-7621
Ignacio Martín-LoechesDepartment of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization (MICRO), St James's University Hospital, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, D08 NHY5 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5834-4063
Alejandro RodríguezCritical Care Department, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43005 Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8828-5984
GETGAG and COVID-19 Working Group from SEMICYUC

Funding

Barri Casanovas Private Foundation Scholarship (FBC02/2024)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

antimicrobial stewardshipempirical antibiotic treatmentICU mortalitypandemic viral pneumoniaventilator-associated pneumonia

Identifiers

PMID40558184
PMCPMC12189047

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