Project

Patient-tailored antibiotic therapy for severe infections in the ICU

Code
FWO14/FKM/002
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2029
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Anaesthesiology not elsewhere classified
    • Intensive care and emergency medicine not elsewhere classified
    • Anaesthesiology not elsewhere classified
    • Medical intensive care
    • Surgical intensive care
    • Intensive care and emergency medicine not elsewhere classified
    • Anaesthesiology not elsewhere classified
    • Intensive care and emergency medicine not elsewhere classified
Keywords
infection antibiotics
 
Project description

Current antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients is not adapted to the changes that occur in the body of a patient during critical illness. In this project we want to antibiotic concentrations over time and develop analytical methods to accurately measure antibiotic concentrations. The impact of a patient-tailored antibiotic therapy approach on patient outcome will be evaluated.