Patients/populationFactorsOutcomes
Patients with suspected bacterial infectionLength of time before empiric antibiotics are given (symptom to needle time)
  • Over treatment
  • Mortality
  • Severe sepsis
  • Length of stay
  • Duration of fever
  • Quality of life

From: Initial Treatment: guideline chapter six

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