Clinical Efficacy of Cefepime for Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Senile Patients
- VernacularTitle:头孢吡肟治疗老年医院获得性肺炎的疗效观察
- Author:
Wenshu CHAI
;
Yan LIU
;
Fengqin WEI
;
Min WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cefepime;
Ceftazidime;
Hospital acquired pneumonia in senile patients;
Clinical efficacy
- From:
China Pharmacy
1991;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Cefepime in treating senile patients with hospital acquired pneumonia(HAP).METHODS: A total of 60 HAP cases were randomly assigned to receive Cefepime(n=30) or Ceftazidime (n=30) for 7~10 days.The effective rate and the bacterial clearance rate of two groups were compared.RESULTS: The effective rate was 86.7% for Cefepime group and 70.0% for Ceftazidime group(P