The clinical selection of empiric antibiotic therapy with meropenem versus imipenem-cilastatin in critical patients with the risk or history of seizures on evidence-based analysis

• In: Posters
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Poster
• By: WU, Hui-Ju (Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital, Pharmacy, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Chen, Hsiu-Shan (Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, China Taiwan)
  
• Abstract:

  
  Background
  :Carbapenems were a choice by broad spectrum in serious bacterial infections of critical patients.In the past,meropenem was considered as effective as imipenem-cilastatin and had more less incidence of seizures.But some studies showed the different results.
  Aims
  :This study was to investigate if meropenem was better than
  
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