Carlos Ortiz-Leyba

TL;DR: In patients admitted to the ICU for sepsis, the adequacy of initial empirical antimicrobial treatment is crucial in terms of outcome, although early mortality rate was unaffected by the appropriateness of empirical antibiotic therapy.

TL;DR: In critically ill septic patients, critical illness polyneuropathy significantly increases the duration of mechanical ventilation and prolongs the lengths of intensive care unit and hospital stays.

TL;DR: In critically ill patients with clinically suspected infection, treatment should be considered if features of pulmonary infection are present and Aspergillus spp.

TL;DR: Risks that were independently associated with AB bacteremia were immunosuppression, unscheduled admission to the hospital, respiratory failure at ICU admission, previous antimicrobial therapy, previous sepsis in the ICU, and the invasive procedures index.

TL;DR: Inadequate antimicrobial therapy at admission to the ICU with sepsis is associated with excess mortality and increases LOS, and a significant increment in duration of hospitalization in surviving pairs.