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Antibiotic Management in Acute Care Surgery

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Antibiotics are commonly used in the intensive care units. In critically ill patients, empirical antimicrobial therapy should be always administered when the suspected infection is serious. Avoiding unnecessary antibiotic use and optimizing the administration of antimicrobial agents may improve patient outcome and minimize risks for bacterial resistance.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy

    Massimo Sartelli

  2. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE

    Fikri M. Abu-Zidan MD, FACS, FRCS, PhD, DAST

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  1. Emergency and Trauma Surgery Service, C.A. Pizzardi Maggiore Hospital AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Salomone Di Saverio

  2. Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Maggiore Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Fausto Catena

  3. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

    Luca Ansaloni

  4. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  5. Trauma, Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    George Velmahos

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Sartelli, M., Abu-Zidan, F.M. (2017). Antibiotic Management in Acute Care Surgery. In: Di Saverio, S., Catena, F., Ansaloni, L., Coccolini, F., Velmahos, G. (eds) Acute Care Surgery Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_17

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