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From: Antibiotic stewardship in the PICU: Impact of ward rounds led by paediatric infectious diseases specialists on antibiotic consumption

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Total antibiotic use: Days of therapy (DoT) and length of therapy (LoT) per 1000 patient-days in the pre- and post-implementation period. Median [range] of days of therapy/1000 patient days, referring to all antibiotics used in the PICU, significantly declined by 18% in the post-implementation period (p = 0.005). Length of therapy/1000 patient days, referring to the days on any antibiotic therapy, declined by 11%. Mann-Whitney-U-Test, p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Error bars indicate minimum and maximum, circles indicate moderate outliers. DoT = Days of therapy, LoT = Length of therapy.

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