Clinical and pharmacokinetic/dynamic outcomes of prolonged infusions of beta-lactam antimicrobials: An overview of systematic reviews
Thabet P, Joshi A, MacDonald E, Hutton B, Cheng W, Stevens A, Kanji S. Clinical and pharmacokinetic/dynamic outcomes of prolonged infusions of beta-lactam antimicrobials: An overview of systematic reviews. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0244966. PMID: 33481817, PMCID: PMC7822342, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244966.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-lactam antimicrobialsClinical cureSystematic reviewProlonged infusionBeta-lactam infusionDefinitive systematic reviewLess sick patientsLength of stayCurrent systematic reviewOverview of reviewsEmergence of resistanceBeta-lactam antibioticsSubsequent systematic reviewsAdverse eventsMicrobiological cureHospitalized patientsIll patientsClinical outcomesIntermittent infusionTreatment failureDATA EXTRACTIONCochrane LibraryMethodologic qualityPROSPERO registryBias assessment