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
Primary location: USA