Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs

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Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Thomas V. Brogan, MD, about the article “Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs,” published in the June 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Brogan discusses study findings regarding the variation in antibiotic use in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) across institutions. He considers how overuse or inappropriate use can be addressed in PICUs in the future. Dr. Brogan is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.

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