postoperative infection

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Management

postoperative intra-abdominal infections:
- antibiotic treatment for 8 versus 15 days reduces antibiotic exposure without compromising outcomes in critically ill patients^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Montravers P, Tubach F, Lescot T et al. Short-course antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients treated for postoperative intra-abdominal infection: The DURAPOP randomised clinical trial. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Mar;44(3):300-310 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29484469 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00134-018-5088-x