Guideline-adherent initial intravenous antibiotic therapy for hospital-acquired/ventilator-associated pneumonia is clinically superior, saves lives and is cheaper than non guideline adherent therapy

Table 5 Clinical improvement according to IAAT adequacy

	Adequate IIAT according to PEG guidelines		p value
	Yes	No
N = Clinical improvement	104	103
	85	48	< 0.001
	(81.7%)	(46.6%)

* The table includes 207 patients. 14 patients of the final analysis set were excluded since clinical improvement was indeterminate as follow-up x-ray images or laboratory results could not be retrieved.

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