STOP-IT

2015 Antibiotics and Infection
? ICUs
517 patients

Short-course antimicrob Rx: complicated intra-abdo infection, source control

Clinical Question

In patients with intraabdominal sepsis and who have received adequate
source control, does a fixed short course of antibiotics result in similar
treatment success compared to a longer duration of antibiotic therapy?

Critical Appraisal

Key findings

No benefit 4d vs 8d with adeq source control (underpowered)

Population
Sepsis
Population Details
Not recorded
Intervention Arms

Antibiotics

Control Arms
Not recorded
Primary Outcome
Not recorded
Secondary Outcomes
Not recorded
P Value
Not recorded

Outcome Results

Not recorded