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    • Optimizing antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit setting

    Metadata Updated: September 6, 2025

    Antibiotics are one of the most common therapies administered in the intensive care unit setting. In addition to treating infections, antibiotic use contributes to the emergence of resistance among pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, avoiding unnecessary antibiotic use and optimizing the administration of antimicrobial agents will help to improve patient outcomes while minimizing further pressures for resistance. This review will present several strategies aimed at achieving optimal use of antimicrobial agents. It is important to note that each intensive care unit should have a program in place which monitors antibiotic utilization and its effectiveness. Only in this way can the impact of interventions aimed at improving antibiotic use (e.g. antibiotic rotation, de-escalation therapy) be evaluated at the local level.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025

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    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 6, 2025
    Publisher National Institutes of Health
    Maintainer
    NIH
    Identifier https://healthdata.gov/api/views/fxex-ua28
    Data First Published 2025-07-14
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-06
    Category NIH
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:25
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    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/d/fxex-ua28
    Program Code 009:048
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 03e2a76600e70ab4c674c16067753dc27671b29c532b53e472d015f25007caec
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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