Are empiric antimicrobial treatments procedures useful in intensive care units?

Due to a large spectrum, empiric antibiotics treatments participate to the increase in bacterial resistance. In order to improve its indications, the implementation of therapeutic guidelines in an ICU was studied. Empiric the rapy was administered in 30 % of the 178 patients receiving antimicrobial a gents. Large spectrum drugs were prescribed in 26 % of empiric treatments, The mean duration of empiric antibiotics administration was 3.2 days. It wa s concluded that it was possible to use guidelines of empiric antibiotic in an intensive care unit.