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Antibiotic Therapy

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Chapter 7 deals with antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment: An overview is provided of the need and opportunities for and the risks of prophylactic, empirical, and targeted antibiotic therapy in the context of pediatric cardiac intensive care therapy. Besides a description of site-specific standards, an explanation is given on how to handle problem organisms, drugs, and their side effects and interactions. The clinical features and treatment of generalized and organ-related infections in pediatric intensive care patients are also addressed.

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  1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Heart Center of Giessen, Children’s Heart Transplantation Center, UKGM GmbH, Giessen, Germany

    Christoph Neuhaeuser

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Singen Medical Center, Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz,Krankenhausbetriebsgesellschaft Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum, Singen, Germany

    Dietrich Klauwer

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  1. Center for Paediatrics and Youth Health Singen, Singen, Germany

    Dietrich Klauwer

  2. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

    Christoph Neuhaeuser

  3. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

    Josef Thul

  4. Global Medical Leader in Medical Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland

    Rainer Zimmermann

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Neuhaeuser, C., Klauwer, D. (2019). Antibiotic Therapy. In: Klauwer, D., Neuhaeuser, C., Thul, J., Zimmermann, R. (eds) A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92441-0_7

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