Intensive care unit-related fluconazole use in Spain and Germany: patient characteristics and outcomes of a prospective multicenter longitudinal observational study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Candida spp. are a frequent cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections worldwide. Objective: To evaluate the use patterns and outcomes associated with intravenous (IV) fluconazole therapy in intensive care units in Spain and Germany ...
Ballus, Jose +7 more
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Return period curves for extreme 5-min rainfall amounts at the Barcelona urban network [PDF]
, 2019 Heavy rainfall episodes are relatively common in the conurbation of Barcelona and neighbouring cities (NE Spain), usually due to storms generated by convective phenomena in summer and eastern and south-eastern advections in autumn.
Burgueño Rivero, August +6 more
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European intensive care physicians’ experience of infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria [PDF]
, 2020 Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) compromises the treatment of patients with serious infections in intensive care units (ICUs), and intensive care physicians are increasingly facing patients with bacterial infections with limited or no adequate ...
De Waele, Jan +9 more
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The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and 2010. At the time the most recent guideline was released, the plan was to update
Chang, Phillip K +11 more
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The Effect of Inadequate Initial Empiric Antimicrobial Treatment on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Bloodstream Infections: A Multi-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Hospital mortality rates are elevated in critically ill patients with bloodstream infections. Given that mortality may be even higher if appropriate treatment is delayed, we sought to determine the effect of inadequate initial empiric treatment on ...
Rachel D Savage +16 more
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Common mental disorders and ethnicity in England : the EMPIRIC Study [PDF]
, 2004 Background. There is little population-based evidence on ethnic variation in the most common mental disorders (CMD), anxiety and depression. We compared the prevalence of CMD among representative samples of White, Irish, Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi ...
Blanchard, Martin +10 more
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Sepsis caused by bloodstream infection in patients in the intensive care unit: the impact of inactive empiric antimicrobial therapy on outcome [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in the UK. Aims: The aims of this study were to identify the rate of inactive antimicrobial therapy (AMT) in the ICU and whether inactive AMT had an effect on in hospital mortality, ICU ...
Booth, M.G. +4 more
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Pedagogical empiric research. Work notes
Encyclopaideia, 2017 This article explores, with a pioneering approach, an alternative pedagogical empiric research. In detail, it discloses a research model founded on the pragmatic approach introduced by Dewey and integrated with critical rationalism.
Massimo Baldacci
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Model Pengembangan Kreativitas melalui Permainan Konstruktif dalam Proses Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini
Ta'dib: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 2016 This research is aimed at developing a creativity development model through constructive play using building blocks. By testing the hypothesis using t test, this research results in the Creativity Development Model through Constructive Play. Model proves
Masnipal Masnipal
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Predictive vs. empiric assessment of schistosomiasis: implications for treatment projections in Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 BACKGROUND: Mapping the distribution of schistosomiasis is essential to determine where control programs should operate, but because it is impractical to assess infection prevalence in every potentially endemic community, model-based geostatistics (MBG ...
Achille Kabore +5 more
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