Publications by authors named "Maria Rosa Romeo"
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- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of once-daily doses of amikacin and gentamycin in critically ill burn patients, highlighting the challenges with achieving therapeutic drug concentrations.
- Eight severe burn patients were evaluated, all of whom had high rates of bloodstream infections and pneumonia caused by pathogens like Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Findings revealed that standard doses of these antibiotics frequently failed to reach the target plasma concentrations, indicating a need for adjusted dosing strategies in such populations.
Burn patients are at high risk of infections due to severe impairment of immunity and loss of skin barrier function. We aimed to describe the epidemiology, incidence and risk factors for infection in a cohort of burns patients. Two hundred patients were retrospectively enrolled and subdivided into infected (N = 81) and uninfected groups (N = 119).
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