Antibiotic Use Among Children Requiring Respiratory Support in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from Sofia, Bulgaria: A Single-Center Retrospective Experience.

Lilia Bozadzhieva, Dimitrinka Miteva, Lyubomila Ilarionova, Tania Teneva, Blagomir Zdravkov, Guergana Petrova

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Lilia BozadzhievaPediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital for Active Treatment of Children's Diseases "Professor Ivan Mitev", Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0009-0004-9573-0838

Dimitrinka MitevaDepartment of Pediatric, Medical University of Sofia, Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Lyubomila IlarionovaPediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital for Active Treatment of Children's Diseases "Professor Ivan Mitev", Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tania TenevaPediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital for Active Treatment of Children's Diseases "Professor Ivan Mitev", Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Blagomir ZdravkovPediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital for Active Treatment of Children's Diseases "Professor Ivan Mitev", Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Guergana PetrovaDepartment of Pediatric, Medical University of Sofia, Akademik Ivan Evstatiev Geshov Blvd 11, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-8168-742X

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Abstract

Antibiotic use in critically ill children requiring respiratory support remains controversial, particularly in the absence of standardized guidelines for patients managed with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). Evidence in this area remains limited, and real-world data are therefore valuable.

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antibiotic useinvasive mechanical ventilationnon-invasive ventilationrespiratory failureventilator-associated pneumonia

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PMID41750522

DOI10.3390/antibiotics15020225

PMCPMC12937761

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