Practice changing articles: mortality among patients with sepsis administered piperacillin-tazobactam versus cefepime

Authors

Rachel Bridwell, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA; Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Brit Long, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: Brit.long@yahoo.com.
Ali Pourmand, Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA. Electronic address: pourmand@gwu.edu.
Michael Gottlieb, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

11-10-2025

Journal

The American journal of emergency medicine

Volume

100

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2025.11.006

Keywords

Antibiotics; Cefepime; Evidence-based medicine; Piperacillin-tazobactam; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Septic shock

APA Citation

Bridwell, Rachel; Long, Brit; Pourmand, Ali; and Gottlieb, Michael, "Practice changing articles: mortality among patients with sepsis administered piperacillin-tazobactam versus cefepime" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 8109.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8109

Department

Emergency Medicine