Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Marie Rosenthal, MS
One of the scariest decisions a healthcare professional must make in the ICU is whether to de-escalate the empiric antibiotics in a patient at risk for, or who has, sepsis. Experts at the Critical Care Congress 2025, in Orlando, Fla., offered some tips that can help overcome this reluctance.
A standardized protocol could be helpful if that standardization is not a one-size-fits-all for patients