575: RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTION TESTING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kenes, Michael; Maxam, Meshell; Thomas, Karl
- Source
- Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Supplement, Vol. 47, p268-268. 1p.
- Subject
- *RESPIRATORY infections
*VIRUS diseases
*CRITICALLY ill
*PNEUMONIA
- Language
- ISSN
- 0090-3493
B Learning Objectives: b Respiratory viral infection (RVI) is a common cause of hospitalization in adults. The purpose of this study is to determine if testing for RVIs through utilization of point-of-care respiratory viral panel (RVP) improves antimicrobial stewardship and other clinical outcomes. The primary outcome of this study was to quantify the days of therapy (DOTs) and defined daily doses (DDDs) between those with and without an RVI. [Extracted from the article]