Antibiotic Utilization Patterns in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Canadian Context

Figure 4

ICU length of stay and duration of mechanical ventilation related to antibiotic appropriateness based on culture results. Overall trend for shorter ICU length of stay (; ) for those that received appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy when compared to the group that received inappropriate empiric antibiotics. Duration of mechanical ventilation (; ) was numerically but not significantly shorter in those who received appropriate empiric antibiotics. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.