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Table 14 Antimicrobial changes in CAP patients

From: The reliability of POCUS in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in critically ill pediatric patients: a cross-sectional study

 

N

%

Antibiotic change

23

54.8%

Antibiotic change per ETA/sputum culture/Bio Fire

17

73.9%

Antibiotic change per blood culture

4

17.4%

Antibiotic change per chest image

5

21.7%

Reason for antibiotic change in 23 patients

chest imaging

5

11.9%

Empirical

1

2.4%

ETA and blood culture

4

9.5%

ETA Bio Fire

1

2.4%

ETA Bio Fire and culture

1

2.4%

ETA culture

11

26.2%

  1. N Number, ETA Endotracheal aspirate